by lightinthedesertchurch | Sep 10, 2025 | News
Church Family, This past Sunday we looked at a famously difficult passage of James in which we are told that “faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. As a church that confesses that salvation is through faith alone, this phrase may be upsetting to...
by lightinthedesertchurch | Sep 3, 2025 | News
Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we worked through a passage that wasn’t just sharp like a knife but also precise like a scalpel as James begins to address the particular sins that arise in the life of believers. In this...
by lightinthedesertchurch | Aug 27, 2025 | News
Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we found ourselves in verses 19-27 of chapter 1. One of the nice things about the book of James is that most passages are straight-forward and easily understood, but the real difficulty is...
by lightinthedesertchurch | Aug 20, 2025 | News
Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we were met with both encouragement and conviction. We read that those who endure trials will be blessed with life in Christ. But we also read that enduring trials is not easy and that when we fail...
by lightinthedesertchurch | Aug 13, 2025 | News
Church Family, This past Sunday, as we continued our series in James, we were met with a sort of grounding exercise for the believer. James tells his poor readers to boast in their exaltation in his rich readers to boast in their humiliation, which may sound like...
by lightinthedesertchurch | Jul 16, 2025 | News
Church family, This past Sunday, as we continued our Psalms summer series, Jared led us through Psalm 43. Here the psalmist demonstrates a crucial practice for God’s people, that is the practice of preaching to ourselves. The psalmist is wracked with all kinds...
