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1-2 Peter and Jude, A 12-Week Study is unavailable, but you can change that!

1-2 Peter and Jude are letters written to churches experiencing various kinds of trials—false teachers, distorted views of the gospel, and harsh persecution. If 1 Peter exults, “Jesus will return!” and 2 Peter rebuffs the claim, “Jesus won’t return,” then Jude exhorts, “Jesus is just about here!” Together, these letters form a kind of manifesto of hope for living faithfully no matter how dark...

Jude repeatedly remind their readers that their only hope rests in Jesus’ promised return, which will one day bring us, and all creation, into the full glory we can only taste now. Until Jesus’ return, the church is to live together as chosen pilgrims, loving one another and contending for the truth as a distinct witness to the glory of God in the risen Christ. With Jesus’ birth, life, death, resurrection, and ascension the church has been launched into
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