James: Authentic Christian Living
Through this series we’ll be working our way through the Biblical letter of James. We’ll explore what it looks like to live as a person who has Jesus as the master of their life.Join us on Sundays to follow along.
December 10th 2023
Prayer for Healing
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Marcus Tutt helps build our faith during sickness for prayer for healing.
December 3rd 2023
Patience
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Goff Hope talks about what the problem with patience is, in the midst of Life, Relationships and Suffering.
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Family Likeness
(City West)
We’ve been adopted into a new family! Are all families the same? Listen again as Steve Hope unpacks our family likeness and encourages us not to have a foot in two camps.
November 26th 2023
Riches that Rot
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Marcus Tutt shows from James 5:1-6 who are the rich?, why wealth is so dangerous and how riches can corrupt us
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Treasure in Heaven
(City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton unpacks James 5:1-6. How we steward our money shows where our hearts are. Be encouraged to store up treasure in heaven!
November 19th 2023
Don’t Worry!
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Goff Hope unpacks James 4:13-17 to encourage us that Jesus is in control when we are tempted into the “what if’s” that worrying makes us centre our thoughts around.
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Profession or Possession
(City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope and Beth Lotinga unpack James 4:11-13 to show how possession of faith outworks itself in the Lordship of Jesus over our tongues,
November 5th 2023
A Blueprint for God’s Wisdom
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
We need wisdom every day when faced with the many decisions and choices we need to make. Where does that wisdom come from? Watch again as Toby Skipper shows how, ultimately, In Christ are all the treasures of wisdom.
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Medicine for Envy
(City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton helps us see how James compares two types of wisdom, earthly and heavenly from James 3 13-18.
October 22nd 2023
God Empowered Obedience
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Tom Shaw unpacks from James 2 and the story of Abraham how Faith, Action and being God's Friend empower our obedience of Him.
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Taming the Tongue
(City West)
Can both salt water and fresh flow from the same spring? Listen again as Steve Hope helps us see the power of words to build up or destroy from James 2.
October 15th 2023
Taming the Tongue
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Matt Kettle and team show from James 3, how, although the tongue can be described as a “consuming fire” it is possible to tame it.
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Faith AND Deeds
(City West)
We are not justified before God by any "works" we undertake on His behalf, but listen again as Stuart Jones unpacks James 2:14-26 to show how faith is demonstrated by our deeds.
October 8th 2023
The Folly of Favouritism
(City Centre, Mile Cross)
Listen again as Marcus Tutt shows from James 2, an example of favouritism, the temptation to favouritism, freedom from favouritism and how mercy triumphs over judgement.
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Favouritism Forbidden
(City West)
Listen again as John Raspin provokes us to be people who behave in ways that show that we believe, and unpacks James 2 - Favouritism is Forbidden!.
October 1st 2023
People Transformed by the Word
(City Centre, Mile Cross
Watch again as Goff Hope shows how we are: Born by the word, how we are to love the word, and how we are transformed by the word.
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Not Just Hearers
(City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope encourages us from James 1 to be both hearers and do-ers of the word.
September 24th 2023
Overcoming Temptation
(City Centre, Mile Cross
Watch again as Marcus Tutt helps us see from James 1 how temptation works and how we can be quick to simply say NO.
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Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger.
(City West)
Listen again as Jamie Lotinga brings us challenging words from James 1:19-26 about how we use our tongues and how we react to others.
September 17th 2023
Open with Care!
(City Centre, Mile Cross
Watch again as Toby Skipper addresses the issue of how we use our tongue and ears from James 1:19-21.
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How Temptation Works (City West)
Listen again as Paul Hatton concentrates on the subject of temptation and how we are enticed from James 1:13-18
September 10th 2023
Which life is REALLY the good life?
(City Centre, Mile Cross
Watch again as Goff Hope brings wisdom from James 5:1-12. In the middle of trials we can know Joy, as we are encouraged to Pray, Hold on, and to know our future.
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The Joy Filled Life (City West)
Listen again as Steve Hope encourages us that when, not if, we encounter various trials, we can find Joy and meaning through hard times.
September 3rd 2023
The Joy Filled Life (City Centre, Mile Cross)
Watch again as Marcus Tutt starts our series in the book of James by looking at the Joy-Filled Life from James 1:1-4 - "Count it all Joy"...."when you encounter various trials"!