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		<title>James | Faith that Works</title>
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	<title>James 5:13-20 &#124; Wisdom</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The Bible is comprised of different genres of writings with the Old Testament comprised of Rabbinic categories of Law, Prophecy, Wisdom literature. The letter of James in the New Testament is best understood as Wisdom. Wisdom applies principles, patterns and perceptions for navigating truth in uncertainty. In the close of James, we see the nature [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>James 4:13-5:6 &#124; The Control Illusion</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2024 05:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[James warns his readers against making plans, spending and using wealth without reference to God. He warns us against this same illusion of control&#8211;that if we plan, we can guarantee outcomes or if we have wealth, it is our to use as we please. Our life is short and only God is sovereign over all [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>James 3.13-4.12 &#124; Righteous Community</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 05 May 2024 05:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[James calls the church to be a unique community, a righteous community: a people in right relationship with God and with one another. But instead the churches are filled with fighting and quarrels. Why? Because of their passions and desires&#8211;what they want. But what we want and who we are is not just an internal [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>James 3:1-12 &#124; Taming the Tongue</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[James warns his readers about the dangerous power of our words. The tongue can be a spark that catches a whole forest on fire. The things we say can spread great harm and evil if not controlled. But like God who created life and beauty and flourishing by his words, the things we say can [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<googleplay:explicit>No</googleplay:explicit>
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	<title>James 2:14-26 &#124; Faith that Works</title>
	<link>https://christchurchvienna.com/sermon/james-214-26-faith-that-works/</link>
	<pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2024 05:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[Note: At the beginning of this sermon, Pastor Johnny Kurcina addresses the topic of child sexual abuse that took place at another church between 1990-2002. In James 2:14-26, James calls out the hypocritical nature of believers in the churches. Faith without works is dead&#8211;it is useless, it does not save. Both a words only faith [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>James 2:1-13 &#124; Impartiality and Loving Neighbor</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2024 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[In James 2:1-13, James calls out the practice of showing favoritism within the church community&#8211;especially honoring the rich and looking down on the poor. Favoritism is wrong because of who Jesus is and who we are. Because of what God has done for us in Jesus we are called to a radical love of our [&#8230;]]]></description>
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	<title>James 1:1-18 &#124; Steadfast in Trials</title>
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	<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2024 05:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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	<description><![CDATA[[Unfortunately, the audio file for the sermon was not able to record directly through the sound system resulting in a less than ideal recording.] As James, the brother of Jesus and head of the church in Jerusalem, begins one of the earliest letters in the New Testament, he calls his readers to develop steadfastness&#8211;faithful endurance&#8211;in [&#8230;]]]></description>
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