Posts with the tag “suffering”

Few phrases have haunted the church for decades like “cheap grace,” a term made famous by German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his landmark work The Cost of Discipleship. And the more honestly we ...  Read More

There is a passage in 1 Peter that has puzzled scholars and sparked centuries of theological debate. In 1 Peter 3:18–22, Peter speaks of Christ proclaiming to “spirits in prison,” connects the passage...  Read More

Over the last two Sundays, we have been walking through 1 Peter 3:9–14 and thinking about how to respond to suffering, mistreatment, and opposition as followers of Christ.There is one thought from tho...  Read More