Peter reminded his readers that Jesus’ return would happen like a theft. Both Matthew and Luke record Jesus’ using the same image of a thief to describe His return (Matt. 24:43-44; Luke 12:39). Anyone who has been robbed can relate to this image. We would have done some things differently had we only known: placing…
Read MoreIn the background of my childhood Christmas memories stands a shiny, aluminum tree, illuminated by a rotating color wheel—red, green, blue, and amber. The silvery tree made no pretense of being something it was not. No one ever mistook it for a real tree. No one had to ask. It unmistakably was what it was—an…
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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…
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Written by Dr. David Briscoe I like tools. Check that. I like having lots of tools! I bought my first toolbox—complete with wrenches, ratchets, pliers, and screwdrivers—when I was a teenager working on weekends at a service station. (That’s what a gas station was called before it became a convenience store with fuel pumps out…
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https://vimeo.com/177593472 Our much-anticipated fall quarter in 1 Peter, 2 Peter, and Jude is coming up quickly! Seminary President Dr. Jeff Iorg invites you to join us as we explore these timely books of the Bible together. The first century church to whom Peter wrote thrived under persecution and today’s church will as well. The original recipients…
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