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Sunday, January 12

The Book of James

Acts 15:5-22

Welcome to 2025! 

It’s the beginning of a new year. 

We’ve been through a lot of difficult change - with more work to come. During times of transition and challenge it can be helpful to go back to the beginning - to consider again first principles - to help us orient ourselves and pick our way through the complex path ahead.

The Book of James is a letter that doesn’t usually get much attention, and yet it's packed with practical and challenging wisdom on how to live day by day, what priorities to set as we do the work of the people of God. 

Who was James? and how did this wisdom come to his life? 

This Sunday will offer an introduction to James and a summary of the letter. I would encourage everyone to read the whole letter (it’s only 5 chapters). 

What jumps out at you? Does anything resonate or attract you to it? What challenges you? Or makes you uncomfortable? Does James seem to disagree with any other New Testament writers? 

In preparation for this Sunday, read Acts 15. Who was James and why did he carry such authority in the early church? What might the church look like today if they had made a different decision?

Want to go deeper? read the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7)

Over the next 7 Sundays, our deep dive into “James” will take us up to the beginning of Lent.
 ~ Pastor Joe