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Welcome to the Gospel Coalition Podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

On today's episode you'll hear a talk from Mary Wilson.

This talk was originally given at TGC's 2021 Women's Conference.

Please turn in your Bibles with me to James chapter one.

It is such a joy and such a refreshing one of that to gather with you here, gathering together

around God's Word to hear our generous Heavenly Father speak personally to us.

Sometimes we forget what is this Word. It is God's personal speech to us and what a privilege

it is to gather around this personal speech with you. In the letter of James, God gives us clear

instruction about the distinct mindset that we believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are to embrace

in order to remain steadfast in trials. This is a letter calling us to persevere.

This letter is calling us to keep going and growing in the faith.

And if there has ever been a time when you and I need God's encouragement to keep going and

growing in the faith, it's today. The church around the world stands in desperate need

of the precise encouragement God has for us in the letter of James.

We're reeling from the rank hypocrisy exposed among some of our most renowned Christian leaders.

We're watching families and congregations and whole denominations splinter over debates regarding

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