Recognizing the key role that hope plays in our lives, we encourage each other by saying, “Keep your hopes up!” We also realize that a situation is lost if someone gives up hope. With so many difficulties in our lives, we need hope to keep going. In I Peter 1:3-12, God calls his people to be a hopeful people, but not based on wishful thinking but on his own work for us.
The proclamation of the King’s word provokes two opposite responses.
Disorderly members can wreck a church, but a firm and loving response by other members can save them and the church.
In 2 Peter 1:19-21, the apostle explains what the Scripture is, how it got to us, and why we should pay close attention to...
