Christians need to respond to the watching and often critical world around us in three ways.
First, we must always be ready to give an answer when someone asks you about the hope that is in you. (1 Peter 3:15).
Second, we need to trust in the power of the Gospel: ‘I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God for all those who believe’ (Romans 1:16).
Third, we should live godly lives before the world so that we may (by our good behaviour) silence the ignorant talk of foolish men (1 Peter 2:15).
Today we look at the second of these two responses.
We are people of the word. We believe a word; we place our faith in a word. We are saved by our faith in the words of the Gospel; these words which are the power, the dynamic force, the story of the mighty deed of God that both provides and leads us to salvation. (more…)
The words of a very minor prophet 