Series

James

23 messages · Mar 2014 – Nov 2024

1. Week 1 Real Riches, Responding, Receiving March 9, 2014 James 1 teaches two paths: joy through enduring trials, or death through giving in to desire. Pastor Mark walks through real riches, temptation, and receiving God's word.
2. Week 2 Swift to Hear, Slow to Speak, Slow to Wrath March 16, 2014 James 1 calls us to look honestly at ourselves and act on what we see. Pastor Gary traces that mirror principle through Van Gogh's life and letters.
3. Week 3 Weep and Howl, Then Wait May 4, 2014 James 5:1-12 calls the wealthy to account and urges suffering believers toward patience, using farmers, prophets, and Job as anchors for enduring faith.
4. Week 4 Be a Simple Kind of Man May 11, 2014 The pastor wraps up the book of James on Mother's Day, drawing a warm parallel between a mother's loving, direct counsel and the practical wisdom James offers every believer.
5. Week 5 Faith and Deeds Always Work Together November 18, 2018 James 2 shows that real faith always produces action. A dead faith changes nothing, but a living faith rooted in God's love compels us toward good works that glorify God.
6. Week 6 True Wisdom Comes From God January 6, 2019 James 3 shows two kinds of wisdom: the world's, which breeds disorder, and God's, which grows righteousness. Learn what it looks like and how to seek it.
7. Week 7 Prove It: True Wisdom Comes from God January 6, 2019 James 3 shows that true wisdom comes from God, not ourselves. It is pure, peace-loving, gentle, and merciful, and it produces a harvest of righteousness.
8. Week 8 Faith and Endurance March 15, 2022 James 1:1-12 shows that trials build endurance and maturity in believers. Pastor Carl walks through faith in action, God's wisdom, and the promise of the crown of life.
9. Week 9 God Loves You But Refuses to Leave You That Way March 22, 2022 James 1:13-18 reminds us that God does not tempt us, but can redeem every failure and trial, shaping us more into the image of Christ.
10. Week 10 Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger March 29, 2022 James 1 taught at First Baptist Jackson: be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger, and put God's word into practice rather than just hearing it.
11. Week 11 Monday, April 4th, 2022 Evening Service - Guest Speaker Nick Staron on Not showing Favoritism April 5, 2022 Nick Stern walks First Baptist Jackson through James 2:1-13, showing why believers are called to show mercy over judgment to everyone, regardless of wealth or status.
12. Week 12 Our Lives Are Like a Morning Fog April 11, 2022 James 4-5 warns against trusting in tomorrow's plans or earthly wealth. The pastor explores what it looks like to walk humbly before God, day by day.
13. Week 13 James Chapter 2 - 4.11.22 April 11, 2022 Faith without action is dead. James 2:14-26 shows how a real relationship with God naturally produces good deeds, and why belief alone is never enough.
14. Week 14 A Life Giving Fountain April 19, 2022 James 3 on taming the tongue: Pastor Carl shows how what fills our hearts shapes our words, and why resurrection power is what actually changes us.
15. Week 15 Always Working Even When You Don't Feel It May 3, 2022 Carl teaches James 4:1-12 at First Baptist Jackson, exploring God's will, surrendering self, and trusting that God is always at work even when we cannot see it.
16. Week 16 Women's Bible Study - January 17th, 2024 - James January 17, 2024 A Wyoming women's Bible study opens its winter series on James by exploring why God's Word still speaks to a culture that has largely walked away from faith.
17. Week 17 Women's Bible Study - January 24th, 2024 - James 1 January 24, 2024 James chapter one shows that real faith thinks differently, acts boldly, and trusts a good God even when trials, temptation, and suffering press hard against us.
18. Week 18 Women's Bible Study - January 31st, 2024 - Walking in the Holy Spirit January 31, 2024 James 2 shows that real faith changes how we think, speak, and treat people. No favoritism, genuine mercy, and love that actually moves us to act.
19. Week 19 Women's Bible Study - February 7th, 2024 - James 3 February 7, 2024 Deborah walks through James 3 on the power of the tongue, exploring how our words shape our lives and how guarding the heart leads to wisdom and peace.
20. Week 20 Women's Bible Study - February 14th, 2024 - Live with Purpose February 14, 2024 Deborah teaches James 4 at First Baptist Jackson, exploring pride, slander, submission, and what it looks like to walk the narrow path with God.
21. Week 21 Women's Bible Study - February 21st, 2024 - Power of Prayer February 21, 2024 Deborah walks through James 5, exploring patient endurance, prayer, and God's faithfulness through suffering, drawing on Job, a farmer's hope, and a friend's battle with ALS.
22. Week 22 Quick to Listen, Slow to Speak, Slow to Anger November 3, 2024 James 1:19 calls us to be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger. Brad explores why this is heart change, not willpower, and why it matters.
23. Week 23 Nov 3rd Service with Guest Speaker Brad Yates November 3, 2024 Brad walks through James 1:19-20, showing why being quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger is a command of the heart, not just good advice.

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