James 3 - Taming The Tongue by Resurrection South Austin

We fool ourselves if we think we’ll get anywhere by learning the right Christian words but live godless lives? Does merely talking about faith indicate that a person really has it? This second week in our series we are exploring what it looks like to have lives planted in Jesus, trusting in his life-changing grace of, and how that transforms our whole life from the inside-out.

We aren't called to "survive" life but flourish, to enjoy a life of wholeness, even in challenging and complex seasons. In the Message, Eugene Peterson writes, "let our gardener, God, landscape you with the Word, making a salvation-garden of your life."

Paul's final chapter of Ephesians doesn’t allow us to escape into a peaceful ideal, but shows us that the church exists as a force of resistance against the status-quo of this “present darkness.” Does God want to bring about reconciliation, does God want to restore life, does He want to heal and forgive? Then the enemy will divide, tear-down, kill, injure, and shame. The Christian life is one characterized by this conflict.

Have questions about the liturgy? Listen in on this guided overview of church's ancient worship life, and how it forms us to participate in the Kingdom of God for the sake of others.

What is the family supposed to be? One very sacred gift that God has given is the family, and for more than you might think. It is one of the most sacred places in which God we see and participate in welcome and goodness of God. The family is a space set aside for safety, self-sacrificing generosity, and service of others--all in the example of Christ.

“Therefore be imitators of God” Paul writes to the early church. But is that realistic? In our Ephesians study we’ve been discovering more about what it means to become what we are, the church, and in chapter 4 Paul issues a bold exhortation for Christians to live holy lives. Listen this week as we explore the outward life of someone whose heart has been renovated by Jesus.

What is a “church” supposed to be? What does it look like? How do we live together in the church? These next weeks I want to invite you to wade slowly through this letter with us, and ask the Spirit of God to make of us what we are in Christ—a church, living life together in the goodness of God.

What is a “church” supposed to be? What does it look like? How do we live together in the church? These next weeks I want to invite you to wade slowly through this letter with us, and ask the Spirit of God to make of us what we are in Christ—a church, living life together in the goodness of God.

What is a “church” supposed to be? What does it look like? How do we live together in the church? These next weeks I want to invite you to wade slowly through this letter with us, and ask the Spirit of God to make of us what we are in Christ—a church, living life together in the goodness of God.