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.
All agree that the Lord’s Supper is a remembrance meal, but it is also communion with the Lord and with each other. In 1...
Salvation is not a matter of racial identity or religious privilege but of true righteousness, which comes through the gospel.
With the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, we arrive at the end of Old Testament history with the Jews back in their land after...