Street Smart, Book Smart, or Word Smart? | James 3:13-18

Street Smart, Book Smart, or Word Smart? | James 3:13-18

June 28, 2026 · 44 min

James asks a question that cuts straight through both confidence and insecurity: who among you thinks they're wise? It doesn't matter if you're book smart, street smart, or neither — what matters is whether your wisdom actually comes from above. In this message, Dr. Abidan Shah unpacks the difference between wisdom that's earthly, sensual, and demonic, and wisdom that's genuinely from God — and makes the unsettling case that even success and good outcomes in your life might not have come from the source you assume.From there, he walks through seven specific marks of godly wisdom drawn straight from James 3:17 — integrity, humility, teachability, mercy, fairness, and freedom from hypocrisy — using stories ranging from W.A. Criswell taking notes from a much younger Rick Warren to a search for Granville Sharp's overgrown grave in London. But the sermon doesn't end with a checklist. It ends with a much bigger claim: true wisdom isn't a set of behaviors you check off. True wisdom is a person — Jesus Christ.~~~~CONNECT: https://clearviewbc.org/contactGIVE: https://clearviewbc.org/giveBOOKS: https://abidanshah.com/books/LISTEN LATER: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/clearview-today-with-dr-abidan-shah/id1651006506DR. SHAH: http://abidanshah.com/

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