What does it mean to be holy? Why does Peter call Christians a holy nation? Thus far, we have covered the concepts of race, chosen race (or chosen generation), and royal priesthood. I admit I clung mostly to the idea of priesthood yesterday, and didn’t give royal much consideration. But, if you have read any …
Good morning! Continuing in 1 Peter 2:9-10, I want to look at the second descriptor Peter uses to describe his Christian audience. Yesterday we covered the chosen aspect of chosen race. This morning let’s take a dive into royal priesthood. Like chosen race, royal priesthood has it’s origins in the relationship between the people of …
Yesterday we studied the Christian race. I wanted to cover Peter’s term chosen race, but I ran out of time. I don’t like getting hung up on the big cultural topics of our day, but sometimes it can’t be helped. When you look around and it seems everyone thinks everyone else is a racist, it’s …
Well, here we are at a very famous passage in 1 Peter. Songs have been written, and much ado made about 1 Peter 9. And, for good reason! In it Peter makes a radical statement. It was radical in his own time, and it is radical in our time. Race, racism, and racial injustice are …
Yesterday we covered the living stones that are rejected by men. We called them the obedient (The Obedient: The Quest: Day 37.0). If you read that post and were confused by the title, and the emphasis on obedience, I think today you will understand why I chose that title. It was because of today’s topic. …
Yesterday, we discussed the metaphor of Christ as the cornerstone of our faith. It was a short, but fun study. I am sure there are many implications of the metaphor I missed, but what we did discuss was fascinating (at least to me!). If you want to check out that study, you can find it …
In this morning’s verses, Peter introduces to his readers the metaphor of the cornerstone. I say introduces to his readers because this was not a novel metaphor, it had already been established. In fact, it had already been used by Peter in defense of the Christian faith, and as an accusation against the Jewish leaders …
Yesterday we studied the sins of discord. We wrestled with why Peter thought to focus on these sins, rather than the more seemingly heinous and outward sins. If you would like to read that before moving further in these same verses, please see Sins of Discord: The Quest: Day 34.0. Today I want to look …
Good morning, and welcome to our first day in 1 Peter 2! Today I want to look into some sins Peter addresses at the first of Chapter 2. I hope to explore why Peter specifically focuses on these sins. Hint: they are not the usual suspects. No doubt some scholar much wiser than I (meaning …
Well, I cannot believe it! Covering just 1 Peter 1 has taken me 14 days! It has been a very insightful time of study for me, and I hope someone will someday get a lot out of it. There are a few studies on 1 Peter 1, that I think went really well. Others, I …
