Fall 2022 Overview
James: Living Out Your Faith
We are quite good at compartmentalizing different areas of life: work, family, leisure, politics, and religion. However, we are not to separate faith from any other area of life. Our faith should speak into our work, family, leisure, and politics. Our faith and relationship with Christ should be the one “box” in life into which everything else is placed. The practical Book of James helps us to see how we are to live out our faith in Christ in every area of life.
How This Study Fits YOU’s Discipleship Plan*
Serve God and Others. Faith is not something that applies only to what we believe. Even as James pointed out (Jas. 2:14-26), our faith is evident in what we do in all aspects of life. Our lives are to be lives of service, and it is through such service that we put our faith on display.
How to Build Your Life on God’s Word
While only 34 percent of Americans say religious belief is based on objective truth[1], we can assume that percentage is much higher among Christians. Believers generally lift up the importance of God’s Word, but our habits say something different. Only 32 percent of churchgoing Protestants read the Bible daily.[2] Too many Christians have only a cursory knowledge of God’s Word. If we affirm the value of Scripture, then we need to develop the habits and disciplines that help us deepen our understanding, appreciation, and application of God’s Word.
How This Study Fits YOU’s Discipleship Plan*
Engage with Scripture. Every aspect of spiritual growth begins with engaging with Scripture. Research indicates a direct relation between Bible engagement and spiritual maturity. God’s Word is the foundation for all we need to know and do as followers of Christ.
[1] https://blog.lifeway.com/newsroom/2020/09/08/americans-hold-complex-conflicting-religious-beliefs-according-to-latest-state-of-theology-study/
[2] https://lifewayresearch.com/2019/07/02/few-protestant-churchgoers-read-the-bible-daily/
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