First Peter
A biblical commentary and guide on the letter of 1 Peter exploring its themes and relevance to contemporary Christian life.
our angle here is how suffering flows from salvation. Suffering, when properly understood and applied, is the wake following behind salvation's boat.
But even if we bracket out our Western civility, the contrast between the Christian community's belief in the gospel as well as its commitment to holy living and our culture's unbelief in the gospel and its permissiveness ought to generate more sparks than it does. I contend that one of the reasons there are so few sparks is because the fires of commitment and unswerving confession of the truth of the gospel are too frequently set on low flame, as if the church grows best if it only simmers rather than boils.