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  • Doing What We Love

    Contributed by Steven Simala Grant on Apr 11, 2012
    based on 4 ratings
     | 3,329 views

    Jesus calls us to love to a way of living and being and acting out of a foundation of the revealed, enacted love of God for us, which we then strive to delight in and live out of.

    Doing what we love January 15, 2012 Intro: Last Sunday I began by asking us to create a list of some fictional characters that are well known and generally admired by our culture (show list). Then I asked for some adjectives that we might use to describe these characters, and we brainstormed a ...read more

  • Avoiding Dead Faith Series

    Contributed by Perry Greene on May 3, 2012
     | 6,091 views

    James continues to remind us that faith is active. It is not mere mental assent but obediently imitating God by loving our neighbors.

    1. Secret Service A man was coming out of church one day, and the preacher was standing at the door as he always is to shake hands. (You know. The preacher’s job is to: shake them in, shake them up, and shake them out!) Well, he grabbed the guy by the hand and pulled him aside. The preacher ...read more

  • James And Paul On Works And Faith

    Contributed by Greg Nance on Jun 30, 2012
    based on 9 ratings
     | 11,065 views

    James 2 and Romans 4 have some interesting contrasts. Faith without works is dead or faith apart from works is what saves... which is true?

    Last week James told us that if we are careless with our language our religion is worthless. (Jas. 1:26) This week James tells us that if we believe without acting on it our faith is worthless. (Jas. 2:14,17,20,26). A worthless religion and a worthless faith make a worthless Christian and a ...read more

  • The Proof Of Faith Series

    Contributed by Dr. Jerry N. Watts on Sep 12, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 12,396 views

    Authentic Faith is always accompanied by works.

    The Proof of Faith James 2:14-26 * To establish a historical event is to depend on two principles; a) evidence. Evidence is all we have left of past events because we cannot recreate them and, b) determine what is probable, not what is possible. All kinds of things are ‘possible’, but generally, ...read more

  • Favoritsm And Faithful Deeds Series

    Contributed by Charles Wilkerson on Aug 3, 2009
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,278 views

    This is number four in a summer sermon series on the Book of James

    As the associate pastor in Abilene I was privilege to preach at several of the smaller congregations around there. After a while I learned not to be surprised at the various habits and rituals of the churches. One of the most unique surrounded the offering at Central Presbyterian in Stamford Texas. ...read more

  • The Parable Of Someone Else Series

    Contributed by Scott Chambers on Aug 10, 2009
     | 4,468 views

    This message examines our tendency to expect someone else to carry our load within the church.

    The church family was shocked this week to learn of the passing of one of our most faithful members. Your state of shock is obvious as you begin to look around to try and figure out who is not here. I was saddened when I learned that Someone Else has gone on to receive his reward. This death leaves ...read more

  • Faith Is Dead Series

    Contributed by Tyler Edwards on May 12, 2010
     | 4,546 views

    Something is missing from the church today, and people are starting to notice. Too often the church fails to offer what it advertises: life.

    1. Something is happening (Preview to a Vision week 1) January 10, 2010 A Faith without Works is Dead About 40 years ago there was a famous tightrope walker named George Blondin. As a publicity stunt he decided to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope. On the appointed day they stretched a ...read more

  • According To Jim - Pt. 2 Series

    Contributed by Steve Ely on Jul 14, 2010
    based on 4 ratings
     | 4,828 views

    Advice from a friend . . . it can be extremely helpful and life changing if listened to and applied. Jim has a lot to teach us.

    According to Jim Pt. 2 Introduction Practical advice for practical living! Wisdom that we often fail to apply or live out and therefore we pay the price. Let’s listen and learn! James 2:1-9 1My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism. 2Suppose a man comes ...read more

  • Don't Just Sit There

    Contributed by Thomas Bowen on Jul 17, 2010
     | 7,910 views

    Faith generates action - faith empowers the work of the church.

    Don't just sit there James 2:14-2:18 Just a couple of weeks ago we finished up on a series of messages that I had hoped offered encouragement for the members of this church to be ready to receive God vision …perhaps even to spark a yearning to look for what God wants to do with us. ...read more

  • Authentic Life Part 4 - James 2: Series

    Contributed by David Rumley on Aug 19, 2010
     | 4,418 views

    James is a no nonsense leader of the early church. His letter speaks to specific issues, and those issues are still in the church today.

    Study of James: Wisdom and Practical Christian Living JAMES 1: 27 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. The Book of James is probably the oldest book of the New ...read more

  • Authentic Life Part 5 - James 2: 16-26 Series

    Contributed by David Rumley on Aug 19, 2010
     | 4,815 views

    James is a no nonsense leader in the early church. His letter speaks to specific issues in the church, those issues still exist.

    Study of James: Wisdom and Practical Christian Living The Book of James is probably the oldest book of the New Testament, written perhaps as early as A.D. 45, before the first council of Jerusalem in A.D. 50. James was martyred in approximately A.D. 62, according to the historian Josephus. James ...read more

  • Real Faith That Really Works Series

    Contributed by Steve Akins on Oct 5, 2006
     | 4,234 views

    Reality Shows don’t show much reality

    Reality Shows don’t show much reality. 1. REALITY FAITH GOES BEYOND WHAT YOU SAY v. 14 Real faith is not just something you say, something you talk about. "Can that faith save him? Can such faith save him?" It doesn’t say he actually has faith, he just claims to have it. He talks about it. He ...read more

  • Faith That Works Series

    Contributed by Brett Adams on Oct 10, 2006
    based on 1 rating
     | 5,975 views

    Sorting through the idea of faith versus works

    WWJBD Part 2 – “Faith That Works” James 2:14-26 I could tell you countless stories of growing up with 2 brothers. But the one that sticks out in my mind as most traumatic was the time we were living in a small rental house while my dad was building the house they live in now. I had just gotten ...read more

  • In Search Of Authentic Faith Series

    Contributed by Josh Reich on May 12, 2007
    based on 10 ratings
     | 5,312 views

    How do you know if faith is real? Is it possible to have a faith that is fake? How do you know the difference? Where do works fit with faith? Are they extra, needed for salvation?

    This weekend was a cool weekend in the life of our church. On Friday, the women’s ministry had a come n go dessert, and even though I wasn’t there, I heard it was a good time. Then on Saturday morning, we had a church and neighborhood clean-up. It was a great time to clean up our church, as well ...read more

  • It's All About Faith Series

    Contributed by Jonathan Powell on May 15, 2007
    based on 4 ratings
     | 5,595 views

    Sermon three in a series of seven sermons based on Living the Christian Life - out of James

    Living the Christian Life It’s all About Faith James 2:1-26 It’s a term that we hear all of the time, “You’ve gotta have faith.” Really church, what is faith? We’ve all heard the Hebrews 11:1 definition, “Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen”. How do we ...read more