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RESURRECTION LIFE IN A WORLD OF SUFFERING: 1st Peter Examined and Applied
Edited by D.A. Carson & Kathleen Nielson
“He has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” 1 Peter 1:3
The book of 1 Peter offers a gospel perspective on our short lives. Originally written to Christians facing intense suffering, Peter’s message is one of hope and grace—all centered on the resurrected Christ. Featuring contributions from six popular Bible teachers, this volume will help you better understand the hope-filled message of the book of 1 Peter and experience the resurrection life Jesus offers us today.
Table of Contents
Preface by Kathleen Nielson
Introduction
Peter the Expositor: The Apostle’s Use of Scripture in 1 Peter by Juan Sanchez
Born Again to a Living Hope (1 Peter 1:1–12) by Kathleen Nielson
Living Resurrection Life (1 Peter 1:13–2:3) by Jen Wilkin
Remember Who You Are! (1 Peter 2:4–10) by Carrie Sandom
Following Jesus Far from Home (1 Peter 2:11–3:12) by Mary Willson
Sharing Christ’s Sufferings, Showing His Glory (1 Peter 3:13–4:19) by D. A. Carson
A Shepherd and a Lion (1 Peter 5:1–14) by John Piper
Conclusion: Help Me Teach 1 Peter by Nancy Guthrie and John Piper
Contributors
General Index
Scripture Index
In June 2016, the Gospel Coalition held its third national women’s conference—another conference for women but not all about women! We gathered around the Word of God, with plenary sessions of expositional teaching that took us right through the epistle of 1 Peter in three days. It was a rich feast, as we together received the apostle Peter’s message of resurrection life in a world of suffering.
This book represents the fruit of that conference, combining the voices of women and men who taught the Word and lifted up the Lord Jesus among us. We delight in this combination of speakers, and we rejoice especially to see women encouraged to study and share the Scriptures together—not just at conferences but even more in and through their local church bodies.
In order to help equip readers to study and share the book of 1 Peter among those to whom they minister, we’ve included in this volume more than just a transcription of the conference talks. First, we’re delighted that Rev. Juan Sanchez, pastor and TGC Council member, was willing to write an introduction that lets us get to know “Peter the expositor.” Pastor Sanchez beautifully shows how Peter expounds the Old Testament Scriptures even as he writes the New, setting forth Jesus as the fulfillment of God’s eternal purposes. Many of the following chapters refer rather quickly to Old Testament passages quoted or referenced by Peter, but the introduction carefully demonstrates how the Old Testament context lights up this whole epistle.
Each chapter is followed by reflection questions and by a short section called “Think Like an Expositor,” in which we explore some of the process of expositional study and preparation, using comments from the speakers/authors themselves. Finally, the book’s conclusion consists of a lively and instructive transcript of a workshop interview from TGCW16, on the subject of studying and teaching 1 Peter.
The epistle of 1 Peter speaks to our time in a piercing way. The believers to whom Peter wrote were a scattered and often scorned minority within an empire where Christians were increasingly unwelcome; direct persecution was on the horizon. Believers today can identify—certainly in parts of the world where persecution of Christians occurs regularly, and also in places where Christians increasingly suffer ridicule and intolerance. Peter’s message is one of gospel hope and strengthening grace, all centered in the resurrected Lord Jesus through whom we are born again to a living hope.
May this volume help spread gospel hope—the hope of resurrection life in a world of suffering.
Kathleen Nielson
Published in partnership with the Gospel Coalition.
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