Series: James: A Faith That Works Speaker: Steve Hixon Sermon Series Listing

“When Christian believers gather in churches, everything that can go wrong sooner or later does.”

So Christian churches are not, as a rule, model communities of good behavior. They are, rather, places where human misbehavior is brought out in the open, faced, and dealt with.
The letter of James shows one of the church's early pastors skillfully going about his work of confronting, diagnosing, and dealing with areas of misbelief and misbehavior that had turned up in congregations committed to his care. Deep and living wisdom is on display here, wisdom both rare and essential. Wisdom is not primarily knowing the truth, although it certainly includes that; it is skill in living. For, what good is a truth if we don't know how to live it? What good is an intention if we can't sustain it?”

from The Message, by Eugene Peterson

How to Bear Up When Life Bears Down trials, tests & temptations This Ain't No Country Club! the sin of favoritism Are You Rowing with Both oars? the relationship of faith & works Hold that Thought! the task of taming the tongue Wise Living in a Foolish World How to be Your own Selfish Pig with help from the world, the flesh & the devil God - Give Me Patience - Right Now! Practicing the Presence of God the power of prayer

A Sermon Series by Steve Hixon

Lesson		Passage		Sermon Date
Introduction & Overview How to Bear Up When Life Bears Down How to "Just Say No" Don't Just Listen - Do Something! This Ain't No Country Club! Are You Rowing with Both Oars? Hold That Thought! Wise Living in a Foolish World The Doctor Is In! How to be Your Own Selfish Pig God, Give Me Patience - Right Now! Practicing the Presence of God Summary		James 1:1-12 James 1:13-18 James 1:19-27 James 2:1-13 James 2:14-26 James 3:1-12 James 3:13-18 James 4:1-10 James 4:11 - 5:6 James 5:7-11 James 5:12-20		April 11, 1999 April 18, 1999 April 25, 1999 May 2, 1999 May 9, 1999 May 16, 1999 May 23, 1999 May 30, 1999