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Passing Faith’s Tests with Love and Joy: A study of James, 1&2 Peter, 1–3 John, Jude is unavailable, but you can change that!

These epistles offer practical ways to live out the Christian faith “in the trenches” of daily life. Passing Faith’s Tests with Love and Joy will help you find realistic ways to live out a vibrant faith under the pressures of an increasingly anti-religious world.

the phrase does not describe a forced or flippant emotional reaction (see 1 Pet. 1:3–6), but a seasoned judgment of the will and mind based on an understanding of the purpose of trials. Out of this base of knowledge comes true rejoicing in anticipation of the glorious results the trial will produce. What do trials test? Produce? (1:3) WORD WEALTH Patience (1:3), hupomonē (Strong’s #5281), comes from a verb meaning “to hold one’s ground in conflict, bear up against adversity, hold out under stress,