Sermons from February 2025
A Faith that Works
Welcome to Chapel City Church! As we continue working through James chapter 2, we are going to come to one of the most difficult passages in the whole letter. It isn’t grammar or content that make this passage difficult. Rather, it’s how James appears to say something different about faith and works than the other New Testament writers. Does James really say…
The Path to Joy
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we will continue to look at what genuine faith produces in the lives of believers. Experiencing joy, and all aspects of the fruit of the Spirit are one way we see how saving faith changes us in our daily lives. But what is our part in receiving this gift in the midst of circumstances that are not joyful, or peaceful. Today we…
The Law of Love
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we will open up the second chapter of James with an example of what love looks like. He closed chapter 1 by pointing out that pure and undefiled religion meant caring for the outcast and the other, as well as being unstained by the world. Chapter 2 works through personal favoritism, and how that response goes directly against what…
Walking in the Word
Welcome to Chapel City Church! This week we will finish the first chapter in our study of the Book of James. This last section will set the stage for the rest of what James writes to his scattered readers. The reality of your faith is demonstrated by its impact on your life. There is a faith that is deluded, a religion that is worthless. There is a way to look eternally…