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.
After God used Philip to save many Samaritans, he sent him to evangelize one who had come from the ends of the Earth.
God is free to define Israel, to show mercy or wrath, and to add to Israel from the nations.
On the night he was betrayed, Jesus gave new meaning to the Passover in a meal that he gave to participants in the New...
