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A Open Letter to Afflicted Saints

December 9, 2020 by George Alvarado

To my dear afflicted Saint, I write this with tears that have been recently mixed with emotional pain and grief. I know what it feels like to have people text, email, and call you, and still receive no comfort. I mean, it’s nice to know that people are thinking and praying for you. But the […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: affliction, death, Infertility, jesus christ, pain, sickness, Sovereignty of God, Suffering, trials

7 Reminders About the God of Our Trials

October 12, 2020 by Allen Nelson IV

Do you know it’s a sin to be deceived? Sure, there is greater condemnation for those who do the deceiving, but the Bible commands us not to be deceived. James writes in James 1:16, “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers.” We are commanded not to be deceived. In context, James wants us to understand […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Attributes of God, God, James, trials

5 People Not to Be During Someone Else’s Trial

October 18, 2018 by Allen Nelson IV

We recently began a journey through the book of James at Perryville Second Baptist. As I studied through James 1:2-12, I thought about some of the unhelpful people I’ve encountered during a personal trial, or a trial that someone else was going through. In today’s post, I’d like to caution us to not be one […]

Filed Under: Theology Tagged With: Christian Life, church, local church, reformed theology, Suffering, trials

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