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January/February 2021 Richard D. Emmons

Choose Joy!

What does every believer need but no believer wants? The answer, as you might guess, is trials. We don’t want the difficulties and hardships that come our way, but we need them. And though every situation is unique, the process we all go through is the same. The book of James has much to say about trials and how to live for the Lord through them. It takes a practical look at life and tells us

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Dr. Richard D. Emmons is a professor emeritus in the School of Divinity at Cairn University in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, and seniors pastor of Coastal Christian Church in Ocean City, New Jersey.

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  1. Thanks for this article, it has encouraged me to study the whole book of James. Well written and it will bear fruit in my life.
    Pastor Mike

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