On today's episode we look at the relationship between Christ's departure and the coming of the Holy Spirit. The Epistle reading from James 1 teaches that God gives gifts from His own nature and these gifts allow us to bring our unruly passions under an orderly control. The Gospel reading is John 16:5-15, and it teaches us that the Holy Spirit takes the place of Christ in our hearts and leads us into truth. The Old Testament readings continue the series through the law in Deuteronomy, showing how God gives His law to help us avoid passion, temptation, and sin, and they show how God's law will bring blessing. But they also raise interesting questions about how Christians can ever hope to keep the law.