It’s frustrating when we are watching a movie or a show, and the audio and video don’t align together. Similarly, in James 4, James is writing with concern that what the believers are saying isn’t lining up with how they are living. As Christians, we have to ensure that what we are saying aligns with how we are living. Many times, it doesn’t because, even though our spirit is redeemed, we still have our flesh that often pursues the passions and desires of the world. This is why it is important to ask ourselves the question: who are we close to? The answer to this question is important because what we are closest to influences us the most. No matter how many times we fall short though, God will never not want us. When we draw near to Him, He will draw near to us. Listen to this sermon about being close to Jesus versus being close to the world in the eleventh part of our In The Word series, walking through James. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/MGX9NwHhjYM Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/8wmeCwBf_zk Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

Wisdom is referenced all throughout Scripture, and James writes about two types of wisdom in James 3, false wisdom and true wisdom. It is tough to define wisdom, but you will know it when you see it. True wisdom is not strictly intellectual but is mostly behavioral. How do we discern false wisdom from true wisdom? Listen to this sermon about false wisdom versus true wisdom in the tenth part of our In The Word series, walking through James. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/AoG8gckiaBY Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/8wmeCwBf_zk Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

In James 3, James writes about controlling our tongue. James alludes that we all have struggles and our struggles all look different, but the one struggle we have in common is that we have all stumbled or will stumble by our tongue. Humans have the ability to tame every single animal on Earth, but we can’t tame our tongues. We learn through James’s letter that the tongue is powerful, dangerous, and revealing. The only way we can control it is by walking closer to Jesus. Listen to this sermon about controlling our tongue in the ninth part of our In The Word series, walking through James. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/AoG8gckiaBY Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

As we continue our walk through James, we see in James 2, that James is teaching that faith without works is dead. This is not to be confused with James saying that our salvation is based on works. Instead, James is talking about two types of faith: dead faith and saving faith. Our salvation is not based on works. Saving faith produces works. If faith has no action, then this faith is dead. Faith without works is dead, but saving faith brings life through Jesus Christ our Lord. Listen to this sermon about dead faith versus saving faith in the eighth part of our In The Word series, walking through James. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/23Dk2bnyNsY Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

We want to cultivate a culture where you can come home and just be you. We desire for everyone who steps on our campus to know that they can belong to God and feel they have a family they can belong to at CMC. As church attendance continues to decline in America, though, what is our role as the lighthouse in this community to change the trajectory of the church? Looking at the principles Paul writes about in Romans, if we will apply these simple principles that should be the evidence of a child of God, CMC will become a place where everyone will feel like they belong. Listen to this sermon from our Welcome Home Sunday. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/xpNhydx24GQ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

Prayer is oxygen for the Christian. Prayer is our means for communing and communicating with the one who made us. Its importance cannot be overstated. There is a price and a prize of prayer. The price is persistence. The prize is His presence. When Jesus teaches the disciples how to pray, He continues and reminds them to keep on asking, to keep on seeking, and to keep on knocking. Jesus is teaching us to be persistent in prayer. The prize of the prayer is not getting what we are asking for. The prize is His presence with us always. Listen to this sermon about the price and prize of prayer in the third part of our I Surrender All series. Check out our video version of this episode:https://youtu.be/yidKKiLtDlI Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

Satan tempts our flesh in order to hinder our spiritual. Jesus sympathizes with us because He knows the temptation we face each day; Satan did the very same thing to Jesus. In 2024, we are going to experience seasons of exhaustion. In those moments of weakness, the enemy is going to show up and try to appeal to our flesh to satisfy us temporarily. How do we fight the ways of the enemy? We look to what Jesus did when Satan tempted Him; we fight the ways of the enemy with the Word of God. As followers of Christ, we already possess everything we need in order to fight the enemy as we have the Holy Spirit in us. As we fast, pray, and read together, be empowered to discern what the enemy is doing in and around you and also have the confidence to know you have what it takes to fight the enemy. Listen to this sermon about facing temptation and fighting the ways of the enemy in the second part of our I Surrender All series. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/443EYkg64Mc Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

During the Christmas season, we focused on the first advent of Christ. When He first came, He was born, died, resurrected, and then ascended back to Heaven. However, Jesus promised that He would come again. The second advent of Jesus will be very different than the first. In the first advent, God poured out His wrath on His Son. When He comes again, God will pour out His wrath on the unbelieving people. While there are many things we may not understand about His second advent or have the answers to, we know that He is coming and there are reminders to us in His Word of His return. Listen to this sermon about the second advent of Christ. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/uHaaYY-CAHg Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

During the Christmas season, we focused on the first advent of Christ. When He first came, He was born, died, resurrected, and then ascended back to Heaven. However, Jesus promised that He would come again. The second advent of Jesus will be very different than the first. In the first advent, God poured out His wrath on His Son. When He comes again, God will pour out His wrath on the unbelieving people. While there are many things we may not understand about His second advent or have the answers to, we know that He is coming and there are reminders to us in His Word of His return. Listen to this sermon about the second advent of Christ. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/zTM1gZAXHAk Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.

In Isaiah, it was prophesied that one of the names of the Messiah would be the Prince of Peace. As Jesus was preparing for the cross, He told His disciples that He was leaving them with peace and giving them peace. The peace that the world gives us is completely different from the peace that Jesus gives. The world teaches that peace is a life of no worries, a relief from pressure, problems, trials, difficulties, etc. This type of peace doesn’t last and is the exact opposite of what the Prince of Peace came to provide us. Man’s lack of peace is our inability to be made right with God. This peace is everlasting. His peace that Jesus gives us is what raises us above the storm. Just turn your eyes to Jesus, and He will remind you of the joy set before us. Listen to this sermon in the fourth part of our Christmas series, With Us. Check out our video version of this episode: https://youtu.be/j8ltceTCPnQ Subscribe to our YouTube channel here: youtube.com/chestnutmountainchurch Learn more about us at chestnutmountain.org Follow us on Facebook & Instagram @chestnutmtn_ Don't forget to subscribe to this podcast, leave a review, and let us know what you think.