And in case you’re interested, here’s the song I quote during the message.

When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do?

Let’s make Sunday as enjoyable–and worshipful–as possible. Here’s the link to our YouTube page where you’ll find the broadcast.

If you’re tired of boring Zoom business meetings, try Zoom Church with your friends. Put the service on the TV and connect with a few people on Zoom or Google Hangouts on another device. Admit it, church isn’t the same unless you can make a snide remark or two about the sermon to the person next to you.

Here are the sermon notes so you can follow along and fill in the blanks.

Don’t forget the kids. There are videos for Preschool, Kids, and Preteens, and here are links for the Spanish versions if that works better for your family.

If you or someone you know is ready to unpack a Blue Bag and learn more about having a relationship with Jesus, click here to go to our online Blue Bag, or use the Blue Bag in our app.

And if you want to tithe or make a contribution, you can do that here or on our app.

How do we act responsibly toward others in the spiritual aspects of life?

Here are the notes if you want to use them to follow along, and here’s the story about David that I used in the message.

James 2:14-26

¹⁴ What good is it, dear brothers and sisters, if you say you have faith but don’t show it by your actions? Can that kind of faith save anyone? ¹⁵ Suppose you see a brother or sister who has no food or clothing, ¹⁶ and you say, “Good-bye and have a good day; stay warm and eat well”—but then you don’t give that person any food or clothing. What good does that do?

¹⁷ So you see, faith by itself isn’t enough. Unless it produces good deeds, it is dead and useless.

¹⁸ Now someone may argue, “Some people have faith; others have good deeds.” But I say, “How can you show me your faith if you don’t have good deeds? I will show you my faith by my good deeds.”

¹⁹ You say you have faith, for you believe that there is one God.^[a] Good for you! Even the demons believe this, and they tremble in terror. ²⁰ How foolish! Can’t you see that faith without good deeds is useless?

²¹ Don’t you remember that our ancestor Abraham was shown to be right with God by his actions when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? ²² You see, his faith and his actions worked together. His actions made his faith complete. ²³ And so it happened just as the Scriptures say: “Abraham believed God, and God counted him as righteous because of his faith.”^[b] He was even called the friend of God.^{[c] 24} So you see, we are shown to be right with God by what we do, not by faith alone.

²⁵ Rahab the prostitute is another example. She was shown to be right with God by her actions when she hid those messengers and sent them safely away by a different road. ²⁶ Just as the body is dead without breath,^[d] so also faith is dead without good works.

Jessica Kelly continues our study in James (and knocks it out of the park).

The notes are here if you want to fill in the blanks as you listen.

Due to some sound issues, the sermon video starts about a couple minutes in. Good news, the first minute or so was primarily me talking about the limitations of will power and asking “Is the mic working yet?”

If you want to follow along with the notes, they are here. However, I make a few points before I get to the fill-in notes.

Image of God: Live God’s principles

Fallenness: Live opposed to God’s principles

And here are the stats for the poll I mentioned:

Speaking of angels on your shoulder, here’s a video David Cooke sent me. I laughed.