Because the early Christians were accused falsely of all sorts of outrageous behavior, Peter urged his readers in I Peter 2:11-25 to be especially careful to live such honorable lives that even their enemies would end up glorifying God. This calling was especially difficult, because they often found themselves in unfair situations that they were powerless to change, in which they suffered unjustly. Amazingly, God called them and calls us to endure unjust suffering and gave us the highest motivation for doing so: Christ already endured unjust suffering for us.
When it looked like God had forgotten his people, he remembered his covenant promises.
The early church produced several creeds that continue to exercise great influence over what Christians believe about Jesus Christ to this day. (Here is...
There are two basic principles that enable Christians with differing convictions on debatable matters to live together in harmony in the church.
