Like a diamond nestled in a platinum setting, Peter’s focus on Christian marriage is set in the midst of his discussion of our strange life as believers living in a hopeless and hostile world. Throughout this letter Peter has turned the spotlight on...

Our world bombards us with messages that urge us to stand up for our personal rights. We are quick to defend ourselves when we feel somebody steps on our toes, crosses the line, ignores boundaries, or intrudes on our personal domain. We can find a...

There is a persistent legend in connection with the building of Solomon’s temple that perfectly illustrates this prophecy. The stones for the temple were prepared in advance in a nearby quarry. As they were needed, they were raised up to the building...

Being holy means being like God, separating ourselves unto Him and His truth—and naturally, separating ourselves from those things that are not like Him and not according to His truth.

A “living hope” is one that has life in it and therefore can give life to us. Because it has life, it grows and becomes greater and more beautiful as time goes on. Time destroys most hopes; they fade and then die. But the passing of time only makes a...

Remember that the Father chose you, the Spirit set you apart, and the Son cleansed you with His own blood. These reminders of God’s love combined with the hope that they create can comfort and support us when any Storm comes.

To sum up, the purpose of this letter is to provide professing Christians with three assurances by which they may know for certain, and find reassurance, that they are genuine children of God. These three are the moral assurances (obeying the commands...

In everyday life, we constantly accept the word of our fellow men. If we did not, business would be at a standstill and social life would be impossible. We accept the testimony of men who may be mistaken and who may be deceivers. Now if we do this in...

To one that has overcome means that the decisive victory is in the past, when Jesus died to overcome evil, and in the case of the individual believer when that believer came to trust in him.

The mainspring of our love for other people is the divine love shown to us in Christ’s atoning work. Christians should love, not because all those they meet are attractive people, but because the love of God has transformed them and made them loving...