If you don't have Christian works you're not a Christian! James said so! Why are you challenging James?
James 2:20 (NKJV)
20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
Why are you challenging Jesus and Paul???
Ephesians 2:8-10
King James Version
8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9 Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.
You are not saved by works or kept saved by works.
John 3:16-18
King James Version
16 For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
17 For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
18 He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
The good works we are called to do are the result and an evidence of our already being saved, not something to make us saved or keep us saved! That is another gospel.
Read teh context of James 2. It is about doing good to others! If our faith does not help others it is dead and abiding alone- but don't think for a nanosecond that means that one is not saved. any more than physical death means one is not saved.
We are called unto good works, just not saved by them. A saved person is given a new nature with a new heart and a new mind. they should gorw in good works or "Christian works" as you call them.
But to ask you :
How many good works?
what good works need to be done?
How often?
If a person lapses for a month and does bad works for a month- did they lose their salvation?
If one loses their salvation, do you believe they can get it back again?
I ask these questions in sincerity wanting to know what you have to say.