To start the year, we are studying Peter’s first letter by beginning with I Peter 1:1-2. In each section, we will see how he describes the people of God. In his greeting, Peter calls Christians “elect exiles,” which is a curious expression that mixes something positive (elect, chosen, selected) with something negative (exiles, driven out, rejected). As it turns out, God’s election makes his people exiles in this world, and Peter reminds us that it is our call to live our lives as those who are in the world but not of the world.
To be ready for Jesus’ coming, we need to be doing what he has already told us to do.
The tragic incident of the golden calf serves as a warning to Christians and points to the necessity of an adequate satisfaction for our...
People asked Jesus about when and where the kingdom of God would come, but Jesus focused on the fact that it’s already present and...
