Are We Friends of the World?

Church Family, This past Sunday we we looked at James 4:1-10, though perhaps is might be more accurate to say that the passage took a good long look at us as it bluntly identified many of the evils of our human hearts. The passage, and by extension the sermon, had a...

“Wisdom” vs Wisdom

Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we looked at the wisdom that comes down from above as discussed at the end of chapter 3. It is easy for us to be given to worldly wisdom, that is a kind of so-called “wisdom” that places...

Dangerous Words

Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we were told in no uncertain terms about the danger of reckless speech. Sinful words are such a pervasive issue that James says anyone who does not fall short in this regard must be entirely...

A Faith That Works

Church Family, This past Sunday we looked at a famously difficult passage of James in which we are told that “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. As a church that confesses that salvation is through faith alone, this phrase may be upsetting to...

James’ Surgical Approach to Sin

Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we worked through a passage that wasn’t just sharp like a knife but also precise like a scalpel as James begins to address the particular sins that arise in the life of believers. In this...