James, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This morning we’re picking up where we left off in the letter of James, 3:13-18. As we’ve seen, James’ major concern for us is that we are growing in a whole-hearted relationship with Jesus. It is easy to think that God is merely after our morality, attendance, niceness or ritual. But, He’s not. He wants us. He wants our hearts. So, James wrote this letter urging us to move beyond lip-service, box-checking and pretense to the real deal. His entire letter is filled with examples of what a true, living faith looks like in the every day. Today we reach the all-important, yet often neglected, topic of wisdom. We all need it, but where do we find it?

Media, Other Sermons | by Claude Atcho

In the church, we are regularly and rightly encouraged to reflect on the Gospel personally and share the Gospel actively. But what happens when we find we have less confidence in the power of the Gospel that we thought? What happens when we are more ashamed of the Good News than we knew? Romans 1:15-16 shows us that the key to these common struggles in the Christian life are remedied when we see the unique power and scope of the Gospel as the power of God.

James, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

This morning we are jumping back into the letter of James after taking a six week break to walk through our Disciple: Living for Jesus series. We will be picking up where we left off in James 3:1-12. As we’ve seen, James is primarily concerned that we are growing in whole-hearted, full-throttled, sincere relationship with Jesus- not merely playing religious pat-a-cake or pretend Christianity. Today, he turns his attention to our tongues and the importance of our words.

Disciple: Living For Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Pastor David Parker

Over the last 5 weeks, we’ve been unpacking what it means to be a disciple of Jesus, and what it practically looks like to follow Him in our everyday lives. As the good news of the gospel penetrates into our hearts and lives, it makes us a new people who are zealous for good works, and growing in their love for God and others. Today, we’re going to wrap up this series and see how our discipleship isn’t something that takes place in isolation, but something that God designed to be worked out in the context of the local church.

Disciple: Living For Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Pierce Martin

In the second half of our Disciple: Living for Jesus series we look at what it is to grow in trusting Jesus as learners. We are all learning from something, we all have a dominant shaping force in our lives. In 2 Peter 1:3-12 Peter reminds us that learning is more than doing, it is knowing who Jesus is. We look at why we learn from Jesus, what we learn from Jesus, how to learn from Jesus, and barriers and application to learning.

Disciple: Living For Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Randy Lundy

This morning we are continuing our six-week summer series called Disciple: Living for Jesus. Our ongoing hope in this series is to provide some theological handles for understanding who we are 'in Christ' and some practical applications for living in light of that. Last week we looked at what it means to be a sent people here in Seattle, and today, we will continue our study and consider how the gospel compels us to serve others for the glory of Christ as living sacrifices.

Missions & Church Planting, Disciple: Living For Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Pastor David Parker

This morning we are continuing our six-week summer series called Disciple: Living for Jesus. Our on going hope in this series is to provide some theological handles for understanding who we are 'in Christ' and some practical applications for living in light of that. Last week we looked at how the gospel brings us together as a new people, and today, we will continue our study and examine what it means to live as sent people here in Seattle.

Disciple: Living For Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Edward Sumner

We continue unpacking what it means to be 'in Christ' through being a people living together in light of our identity as God's people. Looking at text from Titus 2 and Hebrews 10, we see that we are a people for God's own treasured possession and in order to live our lives as His possession, we are called and invited into community. Community with fellow believers is a privilege and a means of grace. Through community we point each other to Jesus in ways that are meaningful, sacrificial, and powerful for gospel flourishing in our lives.

Disciple: Living For Jesus, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

The first sermon of the series, we begin with what it means to be “in Christ” – also known as our union with Christ. This union is the beginning, middle, and end of all our discipleship. To be in Christ is an invitation to evaluate our identity in a new way. Our identity in Christ is the heart of what it means to be Christian. In Christ we are a new creation, and experience a dynamic, relational oneness with Christ. As we focus on four different aspects of this union, we see that we are represented by Jesus, that He becomes the foundation of our life, that we are loved with the same love the Father has for the Son, and that we now live before the face of God. Our greatest treasure is being in Christ.

James, Media, Sermons | by Pastor Adam Sinnett

In James 2:14-28, James asks us to evaluate our faith versus our works, the heart of which is evaluating true faith versus false faith. Faith that does not work is dead. A faith that does not serve to create real, genuine changes in our lives and form the people we are becoming is not a true faith. True faith is a living trust and personal embracing with the person and work of Jesus. It goes beyond mere ascent to the truth and creates tangible spiritual fruit evident in our daily lives. While this fruit is not itself what makes us right with God, it is the inevitable result of a heart that trusts and depends on our Savior.