Although the original readers of Peter’s letter were experiencing relatively mild opposition from their neighbors, in I Peter 3:8-22, he wanted to prepare them for worse persecution to come and the unfair suffering they would have to endure. As in all the letter, God calls on us both to preach and to practice what we preach, no matter how others might be treating us. In fact, when we endure unfair suffering as Christians, we receive special blessings and opportunities to demonstrate our faith.
As we begin a new series in the letter to the Galatians that will take us through most of the rest of this year,...
Our little work of accepting each other in the church is part of the big work God is doing in the world.
After the Covenant of Works/Life resulted in failure and death for humans, God dealt with them on the basis of his grace, or free...