"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick?" In this powerful passage, James is inviting the church—and us—to hear the truth about our good, good Father in heaven. Pastor Bruce preaches this penultimate sermon in James.

12//02/18 - The Good, Good Father - James 5:13-18 by EP Church Annapolis

On the Sunday after Thanksgiving, Pastor Bruce invites us to find the hidden grace in suffering. What might it look like to model our lives after the farmer, the prophets, or Job?

Pastor Bruce uses this passage to share a theology of work, that we serve a God who works and should see our work in light of him.

What sort of plans do you make in your life? In this passage, James challenges his readers and us to think about the source and goal of our plans. Pastor Bruce continues our Renew series.

Pastor Bruce explores what causes fights and what causes quarrels among us. Hint: it's inside us and only God's grace is able to address it.

James contrasts two different types of wisdom: wisdom from above and wisdom that is not. Isaac Vineyard challenges us to think carefully about how we label each.

Sticks and stones... We all know the saying, but in this passage James calls the church to see just how powerful words can be. Hear as Pastor Bruce shares how words can be used to harm—and to heal.

This passage often turns Christians around. Are we justified by faith alone, or do we need works, as well? Pastor Bruce invites us to hear anew James's challenge to the church.

Today we often talk about discrimination, but James comes at the same topic from a different angle as he confronts his readers with the sin of favoritism, which was cropping up in the church with negative consequences. Pastor Bruce preaches a sermon on how grace is the key to unlocking our struggles with how we treat others.