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1 & 2 Peter/Jude: A Commentary in the Wesleyan Tradition is unavailable, but you can change that!

Peter is without question the most prominent of the disciples of Jesus. Based on Peter's prominent role, one would expect any letters associated with Peter to play an equally significant role among the New Testament canonical writings. But this has not been the case. This inattention is unfortunate, because 1 Peter contains significant theology and pastoral care. Wherever the church has...

But their highest priority and responsibility is toward God and other believers. The Life of Holiness. Peter calls believers to abstain from sinful desires, which war against your soul (2:11). They must resist any kind of human desire that would prevent them from being the kinds of persons God created them to be. As aliens and strangers in a transient world, believers must remember that they are true citizens in an everlasting kingdom. Christians must beware of allowing the finite outlook
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