Is it gossip if you're "just venting"? Is forgiving someone the same as trusting them again?

Sydney Jackson and Jeff Brodie dig deeper into James 3 in this bonus episode, working through the harder, more practical questions: how to tell the difference between gossip and seeking advice, what boundaries look like after someone keeps hurting you, and what to actually do when you can't seem to stop saying things you regret.

A follow-up conversation to Part 3 of Undivided.

Your words aren't the problem. They're the symptom.

In this episode Jeff Brodie works through James 3 and unpacks why the things that come out of your mouth are actually telling you something about what's going on underneath — the division, the jealousy, the stuff you haven't dealt with yet.

This isn't a talk about cleaning up your language. It's about what needs to change at the root.

Part 3 of Undivided — a four-week series through the book of James.

Faith vs works — it's one of the most debated questions in Christianity. Paul says we're saved by faith alone. James says show me your faith without any evidence and he'll wait.

In this bonus episode Jeff Brodie and Sydney Jackson unpack James chapter 2 and work through the tension: it's not faith plus works, and it's not works instead of faith. It's a faith that works — one that shows up in your life in ways others can actually see. Using Abraham, Rahab, and even demons to make his point, James asks the hardest question of all: if nobody around you would be surprised to find out you're a follower of Jesus, what does that say about your faith?

How you treat people reveals what you really believe. We all have a seating chart for our lives — people we honour, people we overlook, often based on status, appearance, or what they can offer us. James calls this discrimination and says it reveals the division in our soul.

This week Jeff Brodie unpacks James chapter 2, the difference between evaluating people by culture's values versus kingdom values, and why faith without action toward others isn't really faith at all.

Sunday covered trials, divided trust, and what it means to be double-minded. But James 1 has more to say.

In this first bonus episode, Jeff Brodie and Sydney Jackson dig into what didn't make the Sunday message — the rich and poor illustration, the difference between trials and temptation, and why your desires matter more than you think when life gets hard. James isn't just talking about what you're going through. He's talking about what's driving you underneath it all.

We all know how to survive a hard season — white-knuckle through it, get to the other side, go back to who we were. But James, the brother of Jesus, opens his letter with a strange instruction: when trials come, consider it an opportunity. Not for happiness, but for something that actually lasts.

This week Jeff Brodie talks through why hard times reveal exactly who — or what — you're trusting, and what it looks like to build real resilience instead of running from discomfort.

Most people think you need to clean up your life before God will accept you. Carey Nieuwhof closes out the Counterfeit Faith series by unpacking why that's exactly backwards. Two men, same temple, completely different prayers. One had everything to offer. One had nothing. Jesus said only one went home right with God. If you've ever felt like you're not good enough to come to God, this is the message you've been waiting for.

Most of us have learned to show our best and hide our worst. But what happens when the gap between your image and your reality gets too wide to manage? In this message from the Counterfeit Faith series, Luke Crawford unpacks what Jesus said about people who had perfected the appearance of having it all together — and why that kind of life leads nowhere good.

If you've ever felt like you're performing a version of yourself rather than actually living, this one's for you.

Most people think there's one way to be lost. Carey Nieuwhof shows there are actually two — and the more surprising one has nothing to do with wrecking your life. In week 2 of Counterfeit Faith, Carey unpacks the parable of the prodigal son in a way you've probably never heard before. If you've ever felt like God owes you something for being good, this one's for you.

Ever been burned by someone who claimed to follow Jesus? In this first episode of Counterfeit Faith, Luke Crawford gets honest about the gap between religion and real faith — and why Jesus saved his sharpest words for the most religious people in the room.

If you've ever walked away from a Christian interaction shaking your head, this one's for you.