Passage: James 2:1-13

Big Idea: We put away partiality because God’s mercy has freed us from judging to love in light of the judgment to come.

1) Partiality puts us in the wrong seat

2) Partiality places us in the wrong story

3) Partiality prevents our liberty to love

Passage: James 1:19-27

1) Prize worthy words

2) Prize wholehearted hearing

3) Prize real religion

Passage: James 1:1-18

Big Idea: In light of the coming kingdom, pursue God’s purpose for affliction with dependent, devoted perseverance.

1) Assessing our trials in context

2) Assessing our temptations up close

Passage: 1 Corinthians 9:19-27

Big Idea: We subdue ourselves to serve as we enter the world of our neighbors to win them to Christ and receive our eternal reward.

1) Relinquish Your Rights

2) Rule Your Desires

3) Remember Your Reward

Passage: Luke 15:11-32

Big Idea: Encountering the grace of the Father’s welcome rescues us from the emptiness of self-centered living.

1) Running Away in Rebellion

2) Returning Home to the Father

3) Reluctance to Rejoice

Passage: John 1:1-18

1) Agnostic as Orphans

2) The Word Reveals the Father

3) Authorized for Adoption

Passage: John 1:6-9

Big Idea: Because the light has come and is coming, we’ve been restored to our purpose to work, welcome, and worship as witnesses.

1) The Wrong Story

2) The Right Story

3) Our Restored Purpose

Passage: John 1:1-5

Big Idea: We suffer in silent spiritual darkness because of sin, but life-giving light has come through Jesus, the Word who is God.

1) The Soreness of God's Silence

2) The Person of God's Speech

3) The Life from God's 

Passage: Psalm 130

Big Idea: Though we flounder in this fallen world, hope in the fullness of future redemption because of the forgiveness we’ve already received.

1) Cry out in chaos

2) Remember Christ's forgiveness

3) Hope in God's promises

Passage: Colossians 4:7-18

1) Prioritize God's Purpose

2) Prioritize God's People

3) Prioritize Faithfulness