About the Series

January-April 2022

If you lived with Jesus—literally, in the same house with Jesus—for 10-20 years, do you think it would change you? It certainly transformed James, Jesus’ half-brother and author of the book of James. (You can read more about him in Mark 6:3, Acts 12 & 15, and Galatians 1-2.)

The New Testament book of James is a power-packed summary of everything Jesus is and all that Jesus taught. It reads like the book of Proverbs and Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7), condensed and rolled into one. It’s chock-full of down-to-earth illustrations and memorable one-liners with one goal: to wholly transform us into the image of Christ.

James wants us to bear the marks of genuine disciples who love God, love each other, and love our neighbors.
Through James, God invites us to live whole lives where our actions are completely integrated and always consistent with the beliefs and values we’ve received from Jesus.

Thankfully, God is on a mission to make fractured people whole, and we are part of His mission! Throughout this series, let’s commit to bringing our fractured selves to Jesus—week after week and day after day—for healing and transformation.

Messages in this Series

Mike Graham - March 14, 2021

Renewed Creation: Everything Broken is Made New!

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From Series: "Renewed"

Let’s be honest: life is brutal. In a sense, life can be described as the process of losing everything we’ve ever had and everyone we’ve ever loved. G. K. Chesterton writes, “We all feel the riddle of the earth. The clouds and curtains of darkness, the confounding vapors, these are the daily weather of this world.” Unfortunately, escapism won’t fix it, no matter which version we choose: the religious version (prosperity through faith), the secular version (prosperity through hard work), or the pleasure version (abandoning all self-restraint). It will take more than a silver-lining to cope with the brokenness of this world, even for an optimist. So, what hope do we have? Here it is in a nutshell: Jesus is coming again to renew and restore all things! In the future resurrection, God wants to restore everything life has taken from you. This is the grand finale of God’s storyline, and it has been God’s goal since the beginning.