Continuing the call to live outstanding lives among unbelievers, Peter focused his attention on wives and husbands in I Peter 3:1-7. Although the specific instructions to wives and husbands sounded at first glance to be similar to traditional cultural norms, they were in fact radically Christian in their placing both wives and husbands under God’s authority and motivating both by the love of Christ.
A constant problem for the reputation of the church is the presence of persons who claim to be believers but deny the faith with...
Through a series of mistakes by the disciples, Jesus taught them and us what following him is not.
A depressingly common theme that runs through human history is the oppression of the poor by the rich. In the first century, Christians were...