There’s this fascinating moment in Matthew 18 when Jesus speaks to his disciples—for the first and last time—about this concept that what they bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and what they loose in heaven will be loosed on earth. James Driedger and Lissa Wray Beale discuss what this means for us and how it relates to partnering with God in ministry.

The waters get awfully murky when we talk about the relationship between good works and good outcomes in life. We asked James Driedger and Lissa Wray-Beale what exactly the relationship is between these things —and how misunderstanding this relationship can distort our view of God.

The Kleine Gemeinde–now the EMC–emerged from a church community that they saw as slipping into spiritual stagnation. But when they became the isolated 'still in the land,' it would take outside influence to ignite an evangelical fervour. Darryl Klassen and Layton Friesen return to discuss the EMC's historical relationship with faith and works.

Martin Luther, a contemporary of the early Anabaptists, was famously transformed by Romans 1:17: "The righteous shall live by faith." He emphasized faith over works even when it seemed to backfire in his own congregation. The early Anabaptists weren't satisfied with Luther's definition of faith but broadened and "thickened" it. In this episode, Layton Friesen and Darryl Klassen unpack how the early Mennonites understood faith and works.

Ephesians 2:8-10 offers a counterbalance to James 2, reminding us that we’re saved by faith. We asked Cameron Mackenzie, Meghan Larissa Good and James Driedger - are faith and works opposed to each other? If not, how are they compatible?

Anchored in James 2:14-26, guests Cameron Mackenzie, Meghan Larissa Good and James Driedger help answer the question: what do we mean by faith and works, and how does this passage address the relationship between the two?