Week 1: Trials

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Week 1: Trials

September 15, 2024 • Beau Eckert • James 1:1–11

In a world full of trials, temptations, and conflict, how do we remain unshaken? The book of James gives us practical wisdom for living out a faith that doesn’t just endure but thrives. We begin today in chapter 1, as James calls believers to find joy in trials—not because suffering itself is good, but because trials can bring about a steady faith.

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Week 10: Patience & Prayer

November 17, 2024 • Beau Eckert • James 5:7–20

James taught us about trials and temptation, wisdom and speech, faith and works, truth and sin, wealth and poverty, and patience and prayer. As this sermon series ends today, will we be a hearer only, deceiving ourselves? Or will we put into practice what we have learned, being no hearer who forgets but a doer who acts? If we do, James promises we will be blessed in our doing.

Week 9: Boasting

November 10, 2024 • Beau Eckert • James 4:13—5:6

James continues to confront us with practical, yet convicting, truths on how to live with steady faith in a troubled world. Last week, he showed us a life marked by true humility—one that submits fully to God. Today, he warns us of the dangers of arrogance and boasting, reminding us to steward our plans and riches with humility and dependence on God.

Week 8: Conflict

November 3, 2024 • Beau Eckert • James 4:1–12

As James continues to emphasize full integration between our beliefs and actions, he encourages us to cease from quarreling and fighting. Instead, he urges us to humbly submit ourselves to God and His ways.