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Aug 23, 2023 · The original meaning of the Greek words translated “peculiar” in 1 Peter 2:9 is indeed what is meant in this passage. In this verse, Peter is not saying that Christians are odd or unusual people, even though the world often looks at us that way.
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The first sparks of the “fiery trial” are already flying as Peter writes. They include the maligning of Christians (1 Peter 4:4). The word translated malign is blasphemeo — from which we get our English word blaspheme. The Greek dictionary (BDAG) defines it as “slander, revile, defame, speak irreverently/impiously/disrespectfully of or about.” What...
This reaction to our new strangeness is so strong that they malign (blaphemountes) us. This is where I see the idea of weirdo. Their response to our strangeness is not mild or respectful. It is strong and severe. The word malign does not mean they say, “We all have our preferences, and we can live and let live with mutual respect.” No. Malign, toge...
But, second, notice that just as prominent in this book is the call to be so busy with good deeds that those who malign us are silenced, shamed, and converted. Our aim in filling our lives with good deeds is that ignorant and foolish criticism of Christians would be revealed and silenced, slanderous reviling of Christians would be put to shame, and...
What is striking and paradoxical in 1 Peter is the mandate that Christians are to be both out of step with their culture and compelling in the culture. We are to be weird and winsome. The key in 1 Peter is that the inevitable moral weirdness that arises from replacing human passions with the will of God (1 Peter 4:2), and replacing “passions of for...
What makes this so relevant today is that American culture is increasingly out of step with the way of life which the Bible calls “how you ought to walk and to please God” (1 Thessalonians 4:1). Proposals about how Christians should respond to this situation include (as a recent symposium in Christianity Todayillustrates) the Benedict Option (Rod D...
- Don’t Panic. It should not surprise us that the Bible is weird. It’s from different times, different cultures, and written in different languages than our own.
- Embrace the Weirdness. The Bible is God’s word. It’s God’s truth about the world, himself and reality. So when I come across something that is strange, it’s often a signal that there’s something about me and my thinking that needs to change.
- Ponder the Meaning. When you read the Bible, you’re reading a translation, and translations often hide things from view that are clear in the original language.
- Spend Time With It. We’re used to instant clarity—it’s the mark of good communication. But what if the Bible was written for people who take their time, who ask questions, who reread again and again over the course of a lifetime?
Jan 15, 2024 · What does the Bible mean when it describes Christians as a “peculiar people”? It doesn’t mean we eat weird food, wear strange clothes, and participate in outlandish rituals. People mistake the appearance of peculiarity for the thing that caused the peculiarity.
- 2 Timothy 2:15 ESV / 4 helpful votes. Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.
- 1 Timothy 5:23 ESV / 4 helpful votes. (No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.)
- Jude 1:7 ESV / 3 helpful votes. Just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding cities, which likewise indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire, serve as an example by undergoing a punishment of eternal fire.
- Romans 1:26-27 ESV / 3 helpful votes. For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness, and the end of his talk is evil madness. 1 Timothy 6:4 ESV / 23 helpful votes. Helpful. Not Helpful. He is puffed up with conceit and understands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for controversy and for quarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,
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