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.
In the encounter with Moses at the burning bush, God revealed himself and promised to show us more of who he is.
Dying and rising with Christ through faith transforms wives and husbands and solves the basic problem of marriages.
Paul’s time in Athens provides an example of how to present Jesus and the resurrection to a cultured non-Christian audience.
