Dana Higbee
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These are Eugene Peterson's insights on 1 Peter 3:15. How should Christians engage with others in their societies?

“The danger of living on the defensive is that we can become belligerent.
03:42 PM - Oct 22, 2023
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Dana Higbee
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If we think of ourselves as constantly threatened by others, we can very easily come to think of people as our enemies and feel anger toward them. The church has always had such angry people, writing their tracts and preaching their sermons against an unfriendly world.
03:42 PM - Oct 22, 2023
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Dana Higbee
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Peter went through this too. On the night of Jesus' arrest, when the soldiers came to march him away, Peter, overwhelmed by the odds against him and angry at the injustice of it all, grabbed a sword and cut off a man's ear.
03:42 PM - Oct 22, 2023
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Dana Higbee
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But Jesus held Peter's belligerence at bay, and the damage was repaired by a merciful healing.

And so Peter, having learned his lesson, wrote, Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy (1 Peter 3:15).
03:42 PM - Oct 22, 2023
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Dana Higbee
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No cutting off of ears, no swinging of swords, no anger. Instead, when you do give a defense, do it "with the utmost courtesy.” (Eugene Peterson, The Message Devotional Bible).
03:42 PM - Oct 22, 2023
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