November 24, 2013
To close out his letter, Peter chooses a very personal word for the scattered and fragile Church. It is a timely Word of grace. What else do we expect from a man who knew his need of grace, even as he knew Jesus face to face? His exhortation begins with the shepherds of the church […]
November 10, 2013
Peter tells the early church (and us) that “the end of all things is at hand”. What does that mean!? What does that demand of us? How can we move from merely surviving this world and its challenging circumstances, to stewarding the grace of God for the sake of others… until Jesus returns?
November 3, 2013
Peter writes to a church that is both physically and emotionally dispersed and in genuine distress. We are not altogether different. The church today wrestles with a broken world that brings suffering and disappointment, isolation and fear – and we too ask, how can we experience hope and joy in the midst of the suffering? […]