We are using this fifth Sunday to do a service project together. This morning at the shop we are building care kits for the unhoused in our community. Come down and build a kit! Or join us online for a short devotional.
In this weekend’s message, we continued our fall series Living Whole in a Fractured World: A Letter from James, and Pastor Dary shared on wisdom. Are you becoming wise? Does God grant wisdom when someone asks for it? Do I have to be a certain age before I am considered wise?
We expect wisdom to primarily be a conceptual matter, dealing with our thought-life. But when James calls us to wisdom in this weekend’s passage, he deals more with our relational and character posture. This weekend, ask yourself: If it REALLY is his Kingdom that he’s building and it REALLY is his life living through you (not your own), how would you live differently? That’s wisdom!
As we continue our sermon series on the Book of James, Pastor John leads our discussion on "Becoming Wise"
Are you becoming wise? This weekend we are looking at what James says about wisdom. Does God grant wisdom when someone asks for it? Do I have to be a certain age before I am considered wise? Hope to see you this weekend or see you online.
Traditionalists are fed by what are often termed the historic dimensions of faith: rituals, symbols, sacraments, and sacrifice. These Christians tend to have a disciplined life of faith. Some may be seen by others as legalists, defining their faith largely by matters of conduct. Frequently, they enjoy regular attendance at church services, tithing, keeping the Sabbath, and so on.
We're continuing a month looking at the wisdom literature in James, and how it might guide us towards a life of wholeness in Christ.
In this weekend’s message, we continued our fall series Living Whole in a Fractured World: A Letter from James, and Mackenzie had the privilege to preach “Whole People Overlook No One.” James is clear that we are to live differently than the world in conduct and character. He specifically charges believers to “look after orphans and widows in their distress” (James 1.27b). Then challenges us to “keep oneself from being polluted by the world” (James 1.27c). We operate with a different value system from our culture- and it should be evident in how we treat one another, the question for us to consider- is it? Who are we overlooking? Because no one is overlooked in the Kingdom of God.
James is clear that we are to live differently than the world in conduct and character. He specifically charges believers to "look after orphans and widows in their distress". We operate with a different value system from our culture- and it should be evident in how we treat one another. The question for us to consider: is it? Who are we overlooking? Because no one is overlooked in the Kingdom of God.
Pastor Brent leads our discussion on the topic of overlooking no one as we continue our series on the Book of James.