The message of 1 Peter, rev. ed. Peter Barnes But that isn’t the full

But that isn’t the full story

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including How the Gospel Brings Us All the Way Home

it orients one to the different ways people think and relate to those issues

and he challenges preachers to take their calling seriously: "The most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching

The message of 1 Peter, rev. ed. Peter Barnes But that isn’t the fullThe message of Peter's first letter turned the world upside down for his readers. He saw the people of the young church of the first century as strangers, aliens who were only temporary residents, travellers heading for their native land. Peter speaks to our own pilgrimage when he tells of suffering now and glory to come. Stormy seasons of persecution were beginning for the church in Asia Minor. These storms rage on in the modern world. Edmund Clowney