Since our early days in Sunday School we've heard over and over again that we are saved by grace and not by works. We've committed verses like Ephesians 2:8-9 to our memory to reinforce that belief. Then we run across James chapter two, and we see that at first glance, James seems to contradict the doctrine of salvation by grace alone through faith alone: "Faith without works is dead." But today on Growing in the Word we'll see that these passages are actually complimentary.