In today’s message, Pastor Tom teaches through the book of James, chapter 2, about both faith and works. He will remind you that the two just don’t work alongside one another, they’re weaved together, for faith energizes the works to happen. When you put your faith in Christ, it becomes living and active. You want to live as Jesus lived. You want to love as Jesus loved. You want to bring about healing, and you want to feed the hungry. Is your faith living and active?

James 2:17 says, “So also, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.” Pastor Tom will talk about the importance of having both faith and works in today’s message. Works without faith is dead, for brings glory to no one but yourself. Faith without works is also dead, for it brings no outward glory to God. It can be hard to balance the two. But when you put your faith in Christ, He lives in you, and when He lives in you, His Spirit will help you live and love as He did.

In a world full of churches with different rules, it can be hard to know if you’re truly saved. Does baptism save you? Are you saved by a certain prayer? Does a denomination get the final say? Today, Pastor Tom shares some practical ways you can know if you’re truly saved. Are you obedient to Christ? Do you love as Christ loved? Is your faith active? When you see God begin to change you inwardly, that’s when you know you’re truly saved. And only Jesus can make those changes.

Faith and works. Are they important? Can you have one without the other? In James 2:14, we read, “What good is it brothers if someone says he has faith, but does not have works, can that faith save him?” In today’s message, Pastor Tom reminds you of the importance of both faith and works. Works without faith is dead. But faith without works is also dead. True faith is an active and living thing. True faith lives as Christ lived: loving and giving and teaching.

Do you want to know God? Do you want to see Him and experience Him? Today, you’re going to learn how to do that. It’s through Jesus. Pastor Tom will show you how Jesus, the human form of God, came to earth in an incredibly creative way. And that human form of God was killed on a cross for the sins of all of us. He didn’t deserve it, but he obediently endured it for you. He loves you that much and desires a relationship with you. You can know God if you’re willing to know Jesus.

The story around Jesus’ entrance into the world can get a little confusing at times. God sent His Son, who is also God, to the earth through a virgin woman. It’s something that makes you think, that’s for sure. In today’s message, Pastor Tom will expand on this idea, and take you through the reality of the perfect and powerful Creator, becoming someone we could see and touch and experience. He made Himself visible to us so that we could have the opportunity to know His glory.

As Pastor Tom just said, every word in the Bible is worthy of studying. In today’s message, you’ll learn that every part of Scripture came from God himself. Yes, it was passed through the pens of human authors, but God’s inspiration was what they wrote. God knows what you need to discover as you learn from his Good Book. Don’t remove parts of the Bible from their context either. Pastor Tom will remind you to utilize all of Scripture when applying it to your life, not just what sounds good to you.

This may come as a shock to you, but false teaching is still a problem today. You can find it on the internet, in conversations with people who seem to know what they’re talking about, and you can even find it in churches. The key to finding a church that teaches the true Jesus, as Pastor Tom will share today, is to look at how these people define him. Do they believe the Scripturally based principles of faith? If so, they might just be someone you want to learn from. And if not, you need to run the other way.

In a world full of churches with different rules, it can be hard to know if you’re truly saved. Does baptism save you? Are you saved by a certain prayer? Does a denomination get the final say? Today, Pastor Tom shares some practical ways you can...

False teaching about Jesus was a major problem in the new church that you read about in the New Testament. However, as you’ll learn today, this teaching didn’t die away as the years went on, rather, it strengthened. Today, Pastor Tom will be taking you through a variety of unbiblical versions of Jesus and Christianity, pointing out the ways in which they can’t be supported by Scripture. He’ll also share how important it is for the Church to stay far away from these false doctrines.