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Podcast: Toowoomba Vineyard Church
Episode: 201 / Trying to live out the book of James is impossible
Description: It's 2025 and the pod is BACK! There's no gentle on-ramp this year, as we kick straight into a new, heavy-hitting series on the book of James. In this introductory talk Chris outlines the problem we're trying to solve, gives some background to the letter (hint, it's not really a letter at all), and digs into the first 8 verses.
As we begin reading James 1, it quickly becomes apparent that it makes some impossible asks (e.g. pure joy in suffering and prayer without doubt). And yet, it turns out this is kind of the point.<...