1 Peter 1:22-2:3

Peter wrote, “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding Word of God; for ‘All flesh is like grass and all its […]

The Wild and Tame Olive Branches

In Romans 11:17-24 Paul records an illustration of a wild and tame olive branch. In this illustration Paul not only concludes his explanation of the state of his nation (why they rejected the gospel and what the consequence of that decision was), he also issued a stern warning to the Gentiles: “Be not high-minded, for […]