James 1:2-3

Description: This week on Beyond the Message, Sam and Matt discuss yesterday’s sermon from James 1:2-3 and the call to allow what you know about God to shape how you go through trials. We unpack the sermon's main points and go beyond yesterday with additional insight into the text.  Highlights from the message: Big Idea: Allow what you know about God to shape how you go through trials.Joy can be counted or considered in trials only when we see what is being produced in us.  Steadfastness far outweighs anything a trial can take away.  God is working good in us even through the most difficult times.  Referenced resources:  Is God Really in Control by Jerry Bridges  Lighten My Load of Strengthen My Back  Resources Currently Available at the Veritas Church Bookstore:  How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart  A Short Guide to Reading the Bible Better by George H. Guthrie  Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Reading by Eugene H. Peterson  Knowing God's Truth by Jon Nielson  Tracing God's Story by Jon Nielson  Understanding God's Word by Jon Nielson  A Dozen Things God Did with Your Sin (And Three Things He'll Never Do): And Three Things He'll Never Do by Sam Storms  Inductive Bible Study by Richard Alan Fuhr and Dr. Andreas J. Köstenberger  Let the Nations be Glad by John Piper Comment end