New Testament – Page 6 – A Thimble-full of Theology for Daily Living

1 Peter 3:14-17, Suffering for Righteousness

In February 2015, ISIS, the terrorist organization/army executed 21 Christian men on a beach in Libya. They made a video of the men all kneeling while their executors stood behind them and beheaded them.

1 Peter 3:8-13, Conduct for All

Peter has brilliantly exposited the rock/cornerstone Scriptures (Isaiah 8:14; 28:16 and Psalm 118:22 in chapter 2:4-8), the “not My people/My people” passage (Hosea 1:10 in chapter 2:9,10),

1 Peter 3:1-7, Conduct of Wives and Husbands

Book of 1 Peter marriage New Testament
/ By Randall Johnson

The word skeuos is translated “vessel” in this passage from Peter and Meyer explains that it “must be taken here in its specific meaning of a utensil (or instrument) serving a particular

1 Peter 2:18-25, Conduct of Slaves

I love the note the Zondervan Bible Backgrounds Commentary notes about slaves: …even in addressing them Peter is raising their status. The slaves had few rights and could be treated by their masters

1 Peter 2:11-17, Conduct Among Unbelievers

Because foreigners have different customs and ways of communicating, natives are often suspicious of them. But if they keep our laws and demonstrate human goodness, we are often able to see them positively.

1 Peter 2:4-10, The People of God

According to Wikipedia, “A people is any plurality of persons considered as a whole. Used in politics and law, the term ‘a people’ refers to the collective or community of an ethnic group or

1 Peter 1:22-2:3, Loving and Growing

Breast milk is the primary source of nutrition for newborns, containing fat, protein, carbohydrates (lactose and human milk oligosaccharides) and variable minerals and vitamins. Breast milk also contains

1 Peter 1:17-21, The Necessity of Holiness

Can you be a Christian, be saved for eternity, and live a life of disobedience to God? That has been a debate for centuries. While I was in Seminary two of my professors took opposing views on this subject.

1 Peter 1:10-12, The Glorious Nature of Our Salvation

Muhammad understood that his followers needed to have a sense that what he was teaching was not new, in every sense, but was an ancient faith consistently taught in every generation. So in Surah 10 Yet

1 Peter 1:3-9, Our Incorruptible Inheritance

What does it mean to be a Christian according to Peter? It means to be full of love for Jesus, believing in him, with an absolute hope in the salvation Jesus is bringing to us (faith, hope and love), because

1 Peter 1:1,2, The Special People of God

Naturalization is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen of a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country…The rules of naturalization vary from country to country but

2 Thessalonians 3:6-18, Warning the Idle

If you believed Jesus was going to return any minute, would you go to work today? Would you clean the house? Would you take the kids to school? And if you were a lazy sort to begin with, you might justify

2 Thessalonians 3:1-5, The Basis for Successful Christian Living

There is a bit of paradox in the Christian life. We are commanded to obey God and rewarded if we do, yet understand that it is the Lord’s strengthening that enables us to obey. We are told to pray for

2 Thessalonians 2:13-17, Help to Stand Firm in the Faith

Paul has quieted the disquieted spirits of his readers about missing the rapture, reminding them that the Day of the Lord could not have come yet, and them miss the rapture, because certain events had

2 Thessalonians 2:9-12, The Rejection of the Truth and Believing of the Lie

How is it that many of the Pharisees and other religious leaders in Israel failed to see who Jesus was, after all the miracles he performed and the powerful teaching he did? Jesus tells us that they had

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