WRITTEN FIVE OR SIX years later than Peter’s first letter, it tells us that ‘false teachers’ (2:1) were threatening to divert the churches from the truth.
THE STATESMAN Benjamin Franklin wrote, “In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Yet for Bible believers there is a greater certainty—the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ to set up God’s Kingdom on earth.
DO YOU FIND IT HARD to relate to the Bible? After all it’s a book that was completed nearly 2,000 years ago, and it describes many events which most people these days would dismiss as impossible.
WHEN THE APOSTLE Paul was being carried as a prisoner to Rome he made an extraordinary statement: ‘It is because of the hope of Israel that I am wearing this chain’ (Acts 28:20).
WHAT DOES PEACE look like to you? What does peace sound like? I’m sure everyone pictures something different, but I’m sure we can all agree that it’s something to look forward to. You won’t be surprised to know that the Bible has a lot to say about peace. Ultimately, it’s what the Bible promises for the whole earth.
ACCORDING TO the Guinness World Records, the Bible is the best selling book of all time with calculations of between 5 and 7 billion copies printed, and about 80 million copies continuing to be printed each year. It has obviously withstood the test of time, but let’s look at what it is and why it is held in such high regard.
DURING A GAME of football at Rugby School in 1823, so the story goes, William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it. It was entirely against the rules of the game, but it caught on.
