Worthless Religion

 In witness and testimony, my outspoken friend puts her faith on display daily. At times she is aggressive, in-your-face and caustic in speaking her mind. I have to admit she has positioned herself as someone not to be challenged — either politically, spiritually, or socially. James said, “If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1:26-27 NIV).