Christmas is more than parties, presents, and traditions. As followers of Jesus, we recognize that Christmas, changes everything. The Book of Philemon gives a charge to Christians to be faithful, and intentional in sharing the message of Jesus Christ. Listen to this teaching from Philemon 1:1-7 in our teaching series 'Do You Hear'? In 'Share Your Faith' we see how the love of Jesus and what He has done for us compels us to share the hope of the Gospel.

As Christians, we care for sojourners because we recognize that we are sojourners too. Listen to this teaching from James 1:27 in our teaching series 'True Religion.' In 'The Sojourner,' we see that our care for the sojourner is rooted in God's care for the sojourner and how we as citizens of the kingdom are sojourners as well.

James 1:27 instructs believer to care for widows and orphans, those who are vulnerable and often overlooked. What does the Bible say specifically about caring for widows. Listen to this teaching from James 1:27 in our teaching series 'True Religion.' In 'The Widow' Chuck Hartness, Minister of Adults shows how caring for widows is rooted in understanding just how God has cared for us.

Listen to this teaching from James 1:27 in our teaching series 'True Religion.' In The Unborn.

God made children for families. James 1:27 says that true religion is to visit orphans and widows in their need. What does it mean to 'visit' and care for the vulnerable. Listen to this teaching about caring the fatherless as we see how as Christians our care for the fatherless is rooted in our understanding of our own adoption through Jesus. Content about the theology of adoption presented in this sermon from various was gleaned from resources available at from Radical.net, Russell Moore's Adopted for Life, and Until Every Child Is Home: Why the Church Can and Must Care for Orphans by Todd Chipman.