Shushan Was Perplexed, Est 3:8-15

Haman had convinced King Ahasuerus to let him write a decree to destroy all of the Jews, men, women, and children, in his provinces and to take the spoil of them into the king’s treasures.  The decree was to be published throughout all the provinces.  The day it was approved, it was published in Shushan, […]

Christian Conduct, 1 Pet 2:11-17

In 1 Pet 2:11-17, Peter instructs us as Christians on how to conduct ourselves.  Now that we are saved, we are “strangers and pilgrims,” [1 Pet 2:11] in the earth.  We are “the people of God,” [1 Pet 2:10] citizens of “an holy nation,” [1 Pet 2:9].  Therefore, we are “not of the world,” [Jn […]