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1 & 2 Peter and Jude (Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible) is unavailable, but you can change that!

Theologian and church historian Catherine Gunsalus González studies three often overlooked books in the New Testament, 1 and 2 Peter and the Letter of Jude. These writings from the late first century or early second century helped guide the young church as it faced a variety of issues, both internal to the church’s life and external in the social and political culture in which it was growing. The...

Satan himself. Now these intruders, though human beings, are judging angels and saying negative things about them. If Michael did not directly condemn an angel, neither should these humans. This argument may not make a lot of sense to us, but to those who heard these references and understood them, it was clear that these intruders did not recognize the tradition of the church, and part of their heretical view may have been what they said about angels. If their behavior was corrupt, it may be that
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