James 2:14, The Ebionite Church and the Judaizers, Part II of II

What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?

//Yesterday, I introduced an offshoot of Christianity called the Ebionites. This church did not ascribe divinity to Jesus, nor did they believe in the virgin birth. They focused on a works-based mission, like today’s verse from the epistle of James. Who were these guys, really, and how did they stray so far from Christianity?

We have no writings from them–we have only later writings rejecti...