Toward a Living Hope. Studies in First and Second Peter. Russell Mercer This treatise was originally a

This treatise was originally a series of expository sermons delivered by the author to his own church

The intention of this book is not to delve into science nor to exhaust the subject with which it deals

No matter how many battles you have come through―whether they were in a hospital room

and should be read in a series: The Church beyond Division first

Toward a Living Hope. Studies in First and Second Peter. Russell Mercer This treatise was originally aYou hold in your hands a book about a letter. To be more accurate, about two letters, 1 and 2 Peter. But lets take them one at a time. Several great and recurring themes shine through the text, like the great stars which give form to a constellation. There is the theme of hope. There is repetition of the dynamic word living, used with several nouns. One evident reason for the writing of I Peter is the expectation of suffering, and even the present