Sunday, August 31, 2014

Dislocations of Faith


The Apostle Peter’s first letter was written to believers in what is now Asia Minor, or Turkey. We don’t precisely know what they were experiencing, but the sense is that they were suffering persecution for their faith. Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ran the full gamut—from mild, to torture and death. Most persecutions tended to be regional or local, like the one Peter is referring to.
No matter how mild or severe, what persecutions did then, and what they do today, is to disconnect Christians from the familiar environment and culture they live in. 
To continue reading, please see my Daily Reflection today at The High Calling.


Photograph by Ken Kistler via Public Domain Pictures. Used with permission.

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