Welcome to week two of our journey through the book of James! Last week, we learned that James was Jesus’s brother, and he wrote this letter to Christians who were going through some really tough times. He reminded us that following Jesus doesn’t mean life will be perfect. In fact, we will face hard times. But God can use those hard times to make our faith stronger.

Today, we are looking at a big question: Did James actually believe in God’s grace? Some people in history thought James cared too much about doing good rules and forgot about God’s free gift of forgiveness. But today, we are going to look at the “anatomy of temptation”—how temptation works inside us—and see how James points us right back to God’s awesome grace.