1 Peter Elect Exiles?: Guarded By God 5 Dec 20126 Dec 2012 Safety can be fleeting. One minute your confident of protection and comfort, then suddenly it can be gone. I was sitting in my living room last night working on an…
1 Peter Elect Exiles?: A Living Hope (Part 2) 28 Nov 201229 Nov 2012 The "living" element of a believer's hope calls for more than just passive waiting on the second coming. Because of the hope the Christian has he is compelled to obedience.…
1 Peter Elect Exiles?: A Living Hope (Part 2) 21 Nov 201222 Nov 2012 In the anticipation of the "yet-to-come" it's nice to know that God has got your back. The apostle Peter writes to a church enduring suffering and reminds them that they…
1 Peter Elect Exiles?: A Living Hope 14 Nov 201215 Nov 2012 The Christian life is one full of hope. But it's not like that hope I had as a little kid around Christmas time. It wasn't the kind of hope that…
1 Peter… Elect Exiles?: The Role of Suffering in 1 Peter (Part 3) 7 Nov 20128 Nov 2012 When I think about the ways that Christians around the world, throughout time, have suffered it makes me glad to live in the U.S. in the 21st century. From almost…
1 Peter… Elect Exiles?: The Role of Suffering in 1 Peter 1 (Part 2) 31 Oct 20121 Nov 2012 Can suffering ever be good for us? It seems like only a clod who had never experienced any sorrow would ask that question. It seems insensitive, inappropriate, and ridiculous. And yet the…
1 Peter… Elect Exiles?: The Role of Suffering in 1 Peter 1 (Part 1) 24 Oct 201225 Oct 2012 What we were about to do was not exactly legal. It was late at night and we were a small group, but nonetheless we had to huddle quietly on the…
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