Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 134th. Edition. Dear Pilgrims and Sojourners, Today’s passage (1 Peter 3:18) is triggered by the previous one, but it takes a different trajectory. The previous passage ends with the that it is better to suffer for doing good than […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 133rd. Edition. Dear People Who Are Called out of the World, We return today to the theme of suffering. This is a key theme of this letter and will recur again and again. In today’s passage (1 Peter 3:13-17) […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 132nd. Edition. Dear who Are Called by the Name of the Most High, Having dispensed with marital relationships in the foregoing passage, in today’s passage (1 Peter 3:8-12) we consider general relationships within the Christian community. What we Ought […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 131st. Edition. Dear Ambassadors of the Heavenly King, In today’s passage (1 Peter 3:7) we look at the responsibility of the husband in the marital relationship. Men often ignore the teaching of scripture about their responsibility, while at the […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 130th. Edition. Dear People of whom the World Is not Worthy, Today’s passage (1 Peter 3:5-6) is the final installment on the theme of the submission. The previous passage encouraged godly women to prioritize the inner beauty of a […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 129th. Edition. Dear Servants of the Most High, Today’s passage (1 Peter 3:3-4) is a continuation of the theme of wifely submission begun in the previous passage. The submission of the wife needs to be seen in the broader […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 128th. Edition. Dear Heirs of the Kingdom of Heaven, Today’s passage (1 Peter 3:1-2) introduces a controversial theme. The issue of wives submitting to husbands has been made uncomfortable by the push for equality and demonized by many, who […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 127th. Edition. Dear Partakers of the New Covenant, We conclude our discussion on suffering and unfair treatment on a positive note. In today’s passage (1 Peter 2:24-25) we see the positive outcome of a great injustice. While the Jewish […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 126th. Edition. Dear Saints, Today’s passage (1 Peter 21-23) expounds on the theme of mistreatment and suffering from the previous passage. In a word, it is saying to us that this is what we should have expected, right from […]
Pastor Chris’ Corona Quarantine Epistles to the Flock of AIC Ngong Road, in Dispersion and Isolation. 125th. Edition. Dear Bondservants of Christ, Today’s passage (1 Peter 2:18-20) presents a challenge, because of the implication that Christian servants should endure abuse. The socio-political context prevailing then needs to be taken into consideration, lest we mistakenly conclude […]