No one enjoys being around miserable people. Unfortunately, way too many professing Christians display misery, anger, and bitterness over the circumstances that overtake them, rather than the joy they should have as children of God. Salvation’s joy is not some brief shallow circumstantial emotion, but rather it is something permanent and profound. Mere happiness comes…
First Peter is considered a Wilderness Epistle. It pictures believers as journeying on from the time of salvation to our inheritance in heaven or from the cross to Glory. Peter wrote to encourage his brethren (Hebrew-Christians who were scattered through-out the world) to continue trusting Christ, even in the midst of suffering. A key verse…
We all sense there is the lack of peace and security in this world. I know this because everyone locks their house when they go out. In the parking lot, we all lock our cars. When parents go to the store they keep a close watch on their children. Few children are left to run…