Join us for nine practical principles that James, the brother of Christ, believed were important for the young Christian church, and that are equally important for us today.

When we give our lives to Christ, we often fall into the belief that we can keep adding one thing, then another to our list of good deeds to win God’s favor. But by adding things in, the gospel that we are being faithful to has changed. We need to focus on the message of the cross, which tells us that it is the hand of God reaching down to bridge the gap created by our sin and delivering all of us from having to earn God’s favor.

God cares about the people who come into this place. He sent his son so that we can have a fresh start. We all have done sinful things and have disconnected at times from God, and sometimes we don’t think we can navigate back to him, or we believe we will be judged and condemned. But all who wish to do so can have a fresh start. “God took all of our sin and placed it on his son Jesus Christ, who bore the full brunt of condemnation and sin that you and I should have borne.” He paid the price and felt the full force when He died on the cross. He provided us the opportunity to have a completely fresh start.