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.
We concluded our series with I Peter 5:1-14, in which Peter described the three ways in which God cares for his people: through the...
1 Samuel ends on a sad but hopeful note with Saul killed and David waiting in the wings, but even David and the rest...
Daniel’s three friends preferred to die rather than renounce their faith, knowing that God would be with them no matter what.