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The apostles Peter and Jude wouldn’t have made good postmodernists. They insist that there is such a thing as absolute, non-negotiable truth, as well as error and deception. They speak of false doctrines and those who teach them as if they actually believe that eternity hangs in the balance and that God, far from shrugging his shoulders like a good relativist, takes the matters of truth and...

device of his day, we will recognize also that the order in which he puts these virtues may be somewhat haphazard. All of them are important; but we doubt that Peter intends to say that we must pursue them in the precise order he gives them. Having said this, however, it is significant that Peter begins where he does (with “faith”) and ends where he does (with “love”).12 Faith, of course, is the foundational Christian virtue (or, better, gift; see v. 1); with it we respond to God’s call and come
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