We do not want to pretend that life is easy and that we face no trials. Instead, we all face trials, and we are to count those trials as joy because God grows us through trials of various kinds. In trials, God conforms us into the image of His Son.

Who is James, and why is his testimony so powerful? It is because the one-time rejector has become a submitted follower. James demonstrates the life-change that comes when you encounter the resurrected Christ, who happens to be His half-brother, Jesus.