The difficulties we face originate from one of three sources. Some are sent to us by the Lord to test our faith, others are the result of Satan's attacks, and still others are due to our own sinful choices.

Stanley also served two one-year terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1984 to 1986. Stanley has an evangelical fundamentalistdispensationalist theology. Charles Frazier Stanley (born September 25 1932) is the senior pastor of First Baptist Church a megachurch in northern Atlanta Georgia.