In this conversation with pastor Artie Lindsay, co-lead pastor at Tabernacle Community Church in Grand Rapids, MI, we explore a sermon he preached on James chapter 2, on faith and works. As C.S. Lewis once commented, we often imagine “good works” as something different than “good work”–but this is not according to our Lord’s example. Artie makes this uncommon connection in the sermon he delivered, applying this famous text in James to the work lives of his congregation.

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Matt Rusten serves as the president of Made to Flourish. Previously, Matt pastored at churches in Kansas City, and Madison, Wisconsin. He received his Master of Divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Doctor of Ministry in Faith, Work, Economics, and Vocation at Fuller Theological Seminary. Matt’s book about pastoring with congregants’ work in view releases from InterVarsity Press in Spring 2026.

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