{"id":5987,"date":"2020-07-10T14:11:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T18:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/?p=5987"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:37:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T15:37:51","slug":"works-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecityemc.org\/resources\/sermon-series\/07\/10\/works-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Work(s) in Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Christian friend, you have not arrived. You know it, and I know it. Truth is, neither have I. In fact, we all have a very long way to go. How do we measure our progress?<\/p>\n

The book of James was addressed to a scattered people during a time of rising persecution. Full of practical metaphors and imperatives, it was written to exhort, not inform. The problems his readers wrestled with did not boil down to doctrine, but exertion\u2014they had faith, but lacked effort. To James, this was not enough. They had stopped short when they still had so far to go.<\/p>\n

What are the implications of being made right with God? How do we make sense of that ever-present tension between being and doing? How do faith and works relate? Work(s) in Progress is a sermon series that taps into the wisdom of James in order to answer these questions\u2014to encourage continued growth in the Christian faith; to work out what God has worked in; to evaluate our progress as we patiently await the Lord’s return.<\/p>\n

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Series Playlist<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\"Elizabeth\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElizabeth City EMC Podcast\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t
Listen Up!<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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