James Chapter 4 – Part 2

In this message, Pastor Nathan discusses how pride is the at the heart of so much of the sin that we commit but that God calls us to repentance and humility. Digging into the heart of God’s desire for us, we see how devious pride really is but how God’s...

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James Chapter 4 – Part 1

In this message, Pastor Phillip begins teaching from James 4 which takes a surprising turn. James begins addressing the reasons why his audience experiences fighting, disputes, and a lack of peace and how they (as well as we) can begin making steps of restitution in our lives.

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James Chapter 3 – Part 2

In this message, Pastor Justin continues teaching from Chapter 3 and makes the contrast between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom that is pointed out by James. Like large magnets sitting around a compass would cause confusion as to true direction, so the world, the flesh, and the devil offer wisdom...

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James Chapter 3 – Part 1

As we start a new chapter in James, Pastor Phillip deals with the destructive power of the tongue and how we as people so easily sin with our tongue. He makes an important connection to the verse at the beginning of the passage that those in the church or home...

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James Chapter 2 – Part 2

In this message, Pastor Phillip teaches through James 2:5-13 continuing our study from last week regarding James’ instruction on showing partiality. He dives deeper into the point that any type of partiality that a person might commit is sin how instead God would have us fulfill what he calls “the...

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James Chapter 2 – Part 1

In our dis-functional, sin-ridden world I’m sure you have seen examples of favoritism shown in one way or another that only serves to degrade one person and favor another. Showing favoritism is something that grieves God’s heart and He calls it sin. In today’s message, Pastor Phillip examines the truth...

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James Chapter 1 – Part 10

In this message, Pastor Phillip dives deep into the last verse of James 1 to help us further understand what it means to keep ourselves un-spotted from the world and how it plays apart of pure and undefiled religion.

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James Chapter 1 – Part 9

Religion. It’s a word that is often associated by Christians with something that is dead and lifeless – yet on the flip side, often used by the word to speak of something they are devoted to. In today’s message, Pastor Phillip dives right into this discussion and tackles the latter...

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James Chapter 1 – Part 8

In this message, Pastor Phillip deals with a tricky subject of us being doers not just hearers of the Word of God. The trickiness of this subject stems from Christians wanting to ensure that our salvation in Christ is not a matter of work, but grace through faith. Pastor Phillip...

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James Chapter 1 – Part 7

In this message, Pastor Phillip talks about an important part of our relationship with God and with one another: communication. The ancient saying goes like this- “A man has been given two ears and one mouth so that he would listen twice as much as he talks.” James here encourages...

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