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…
Read MoreDo you ever wonder what the original builders think when watching a television show where someone renovates a structure they built? Watching someone take a sledgehammer to a wall you framed and sheetrocked would be a little uncomfortable. Moving walls, opening up or closing a space, and ripping out a bathroom seem to be standard…
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The stone the that the builders rejected – this One has become the cornerstone… (1 Peter 2:7). The cornerstone. The first stone set in the construction of a masonry foundation. As the first stone laid, it becomes the reference point for all other stones laid subsequent to it. Everything finds its definition in this one…
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Uniquely Sober-Minded Disciples (1 Peter 1:13-25) Written by Michael Kelley – Director of Groups Ministry at Lifeway Christian Resources There is a certain kind of seriousness that is uniquely Christian. That’s not to say Christians don’t smile, tell jokes, or generally enjoy life; far from it in fact. Christians ought to be the kinds of…
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Christianity has come through the fire many times throughout history. Attempts to persecute the church out of existence have repeatedly only refined the church and rendered her stronger. In the first century, the church throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, and Bithynia came under heavy persecution from the crazed Emperor Nero. He burned huge portions of Rome…
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