Pierce Point Community Church

Last week we began a new series through the book of James. As we launched in, we encountered something quite challenging from the start; the express teaching that as Christians, we’re to count the various trials we face as joy—or “all joy” to be more precise. One email I received this week referred to the message as “refreshing, sobering, and joyful.” But, if you missed the definition I gave for joy, you probably didn’t see the massage quite that way. As a matter of fact, your description may be...