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We’ve reached our final week of James. Over the course of these five chapters we’ve seen the way James is extremely practical - he is deeply concerned about our growth, our becoming, and our integrity. It’s fitting that he ends this letter with a call to the most practical application of our faith – prayer.  Tonight we explore the possibility that prayer is our invitation to stand in between worlds, one foot here in our world of pain and trouble and darkness, and one foot in the place of perfection and healing and eternal light.

This message is from our Wednesday night service on November 23rd, 2022.
 
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We’ve reached the fifth and final chapter in the book of James. In what might be his most scathing and stern warning yet, James challenges us to evaluate our relationship with money. He identifies the way excess, injustice, and indulgence have no place in the life of a Jesus follower. As we take his caution to heart, we explore what it looks like to cultivate a spirit of selflessness instead.

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This message is from our Wednesday night service on November 16th, 2022.
 
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God often uses interruption to show us the things we think we want aren’t necessarily the things that we really need. James highlights this idea by reminding us that God knows so much better than we do, and he looks out for us like only he can. We hear Matt’s story tonight, reminding us we are in this together – We Belong to God and We Belong to Each Other.

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This message is from our Wednesday night service on November 11th, 2022.
 
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There is so much to the words of James. This week we see how much he can pack into a few paragraphs as we explore the concept of why our actions often don’t match our true desires. To unlock the wisdom of James we look to the famous story of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and, of course, to the biblical delicacy known as raisin cakes.

This message is from our Wednesday night service on November 2nd, 2022.
 
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James pivots in the middle of chapter three and launches a discussion on two kinds of wisdom. Tonight we explore how to identify and distinguish true wisdom that comes from God from false wisdom that masquerades as intelligence and knowledge but really it is corrosive, destructive, and works against the goodness of God.

This message is from our Wednesday night service on October 26th, 2022.
 
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Our words matter. They carry the power to create life or to destroy it. This is a lesson we’ve all lived for better or worse. James goes after this idea in the beginning of chapter three. Tonight we explore the consequences of our speech, and what it will take to gain control of our words.

This message is from our Wednesday night service on October 19th, 2022.
 
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Can someone really have faith if they don’t do anything with it? James goes after this question with fervor tonight – examining it from both a historical Jewish perspective, as well as what would have been a brand new way of incorporating the Jesus movement into it. What does it mean to prove our faith by what we do? Is it necessary? Does it matter?

This message is from our Wednesday night service on October 12th, 2022.
 
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As we move into chapter 2, James continues to give us practical advice on living a life with Jesus. This week, he covers what it means to exercise the commandment of loving our neighbors as ourselves by treating everyone equally. Instead of showing favoritism, James challenges us to employ his favorite weapon against the hurt and pain of the world: mercy.

This message is from our Wednesday night service on October 5th, 2022.
 
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We live in a time where being the loudest person in the room makes us the most interesting. James disputes this convention, challenging us to listen more, to speak less, and to have ambition to help others instead. What if we took the advice to be more interested instead of more interesting? In this section of James we find out the interesting link between this concept and what it means to really worship God.

This message is from our Wednesday night service on 8/28/2022.

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RESOURCES

-The New American Commentary: James, Kurt A. Richardson
-The Early Christian Letters, N.T. Wright
-The Letters of James and Peter, William Barclay
-The New International Version (NIT) Bible, 2011
-The NLT Study Bible
-The Hebrew/Greek Key Word Study Bible, ESV
-The Bible Speaks Today: 1 & 2 Thessalonians, John R. Stott
-The Bible Speaks Today: James, J.A. Motyer
-Good to Great, Jim Collins
-Article: 50% of Millennials Think Their Life Should Be Made Into a Movie

James starts his words to the scattered Jewish believers around the world by drawing on a seeming paradox: how we can find joy in the most difficult moments of our lives. And he’s just getting warmed up. What does it look like for us to allow God to move us through difficulty and trouble without losing sight of his presence and the good gifts that only he can give us?

This message is from our Wednesday night service on 8/21/2022.

We gather for weekly services on Wednesday nights at 5:30 pm and 7 pm at The Establishment in Bradburn (11885 Bradburn Blvd. Westminster 80031).

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