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.
Ever since there began to be two groups preaching and baptizing, there were those who wanted to set up a competition between them. In...
Jesus' power over the forces of evil demonstrated that the kingdom of God had come.
In Daniel 2, a problem arose because of the absence of the gods among humans, but the true God showed himself through a human.