Steve Bateman

(ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary; DMin, Reformed Theological Seminary) has been senior pastor of First Bible Church in North Alabama for over 30 years and is the author of Which “Real” Jesus? Jonathan Edwards, Benjamin Franklin, and the Early American Roots of the Current Debate and Brothers, Stand Firm! Seven Things Every Man Should Know, Practice, and Invest in the Next Generation. Steve and his wife, Lori, have two children and three grandchildren.

Should Our Joy Depend on Our Circumstances?

This popular distinction between happiness and joy hasn’t always existed in the church. What’s true of one will be true of the other.

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