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Living for Christ in a Pagan World: 1 and 2 Peter Simply Explained is unavailable, but you can change that!

The people to whom Peter wrote his first epistle were already undergoing trials of all kinds and were soon to face fierce persecution for their faith at the hands of the cruel Emperor Nero. The apostle writes to encourage and strengthen them in the face of these trials and to remind them of the wonderful blessings and privileges they have in Christ. He has a great deal to say about...

in the Lord Jesus Christ that anyone can be saved; and people can only come to Christ as individuals; there can be no ‘block vote’ to decide for Christ. We are born again when we come to Jesus in faith. That means believing that he died to take the punishment that is due because of our sins. When we become aware of the wonderful blessings of the new birth then we can say from the heart, ‘Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!’ We can enter into the experience of knowing Jesus as
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