For more than two millennia, the enemy has tried in vain to extinguish Christianity from the earth by slaughtering believers. God, in His sovereignty, has used what the enemy meant for evil to accomplish beautiful good. The blood of the martyrs cries up from the ground. They carry on the legacy of Stephen who, with…
Read MoreMost of us want our information from someone who has been there before. If we are going on a trip, we want to talk to someone who has been to that same destination. What would you do again? What would you do if you were to go back to that location? What would you avoid?…
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Too often, Christians are surprised that they suffer at all for their faith. First Peter has something to say about that. I love Peter’s tone in 1 Peter 4:12. “Dear friends, don’t be surprised when the fiery ordeal comes among you to test you as if something unusual were happening to you.” Peter, having suffered…
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Written by Michael Kelley Life is about making decisions. Most of the decisions we make we don’t really pay attention to; we choose what radio station to listen to, what to eat for dinner, or what movie to go see. We don’t spend hours agonizing over decisions like that; the choice presents itself and we…
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Written by Michael Kelley One of the exhortations we find in 1 Peter 3:13-22 is to be ready: “Always be ready to give a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you” (1 Peter 3:15). For the Christian, “readiness” is our daily posture. We are to live…
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