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Everywhere You Look, Introduction
Sorens has written a book that teems with hope and possibility for the future, a hope that the church need not reiterate our mistaken past, and a possibility that real people in real time and real circumstances can live out the why of God.
2 Peter 3:14-18, The Conclusion
he reason these teachers must be avoided, however, is because they will prevent us from growing in the knowledge and grace of Jesus Christ. This is our goal, and anything that interferes with this goal must be avoided.
Sergius Bulgakov and Encounter Between Divine and Human Personhood in Romans 7-8
Sergius Bulgakov’s description of the image of God in humans fulfilled can be captured in the movement between Romans 7, with its depiction of the image as an unfulfilled trinitarian potential, and Romans 8 with its depiction of participation in the Divine reality.
2 Peter 3:1-13, Last Things
The scoffers ask, therefore, if Jesus was going to return, shouldn’t have he returned by now? The writer (maybe quoting Peter) gives us two answers to this question – time and fire.
2 Peter 2, False Teachers
in these verses we have the most violent and colourfully expressed tirade in the New Testament.
2 Peter 2, Peter and Jude
The purpose of 2 Peter 2 is to warn against false teachers. In this chapter, the writer sets up a comparison between the present false teachers and the historical precedent of false prophets within the Hebrew Scriptures.
2 Peter 1:12-21, Peter’s Testimony
Peter is telling us that we will know from our own experience when Jesus returns in glory because Peter had this same experience at the Transfiguration. We must be patient in our expectations.
2 Peter 1:5-11, Christian Virtue
If 2 Peter 1:4 is the heart of the gospel message, then 2 Peter 1:5-8 is the heart of the response to that message.
2 Peter 1:1-4, Theosis
The Divine became Human so that humans could become divine and be partakers of the divine nature.
2 Peter – An Introduction
The writer’s primary goal is not to point out errant teachings and beliefs. Rather, the purpose of the letter is to build up the community. We should always be alert to those teachings and people that create divisions and draw us away from a life in Christ.
1 Peter 5 – The Final Words
Greet one another with the kiss of love. Peace to all of you that are in Christ.
1 Peter 5 – Church Leadership
Tend the flock of God that is your charge, not by constraint but willingly, not for shameful gain but eagerly, not as domineering over those in your charge but being examples to the flock.