{"product_id":"1-peter-living-hope-for-suffering-sojourners-9780995065970","title":"1 Peter: Living Hope for Suffering Sojourners","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe apostle Peter, inspired by the Spirit, wrote his first letter to Christians scattered throughout modern-day Turkey who were experiencing hardships for the sake of Christ. They lived in a world full of gods and when they confessed Christ as Lord it meant stepping outside of their culture. As God's chosen people, they were living in a world that was not (yet) their home. - That's why Peter called them \"exiles\" and \"sojourners\" (1:2, 2:11). But he also encouraged them with the reality that, although the experience of exile was difficult, they had been born again \"to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead\" (1:4). He directed their hearts to the \"eternal glory in Christ\" (5:10) to which they had been called.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe live in an increasingly post-Christian, secular age that looks ever more like the first-century world, and so we also feel ever more like the exiles we've always been. - \u003cstrong\u003eThese expositions of First Peter, therefore, seek to encourage twenty-first-century Christians with the same good news: although we are sojourners called to suffer for the sake of Christ, the resurrection of Christ has secured our glorious future so that we can be characterized by a living hope while we wait for \"the revelation of Jesus Christ\" (1:7).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Den Hollander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucerna: Crts Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780995065970\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDen Hollander, William:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - William den Hollander is the Professor of New Testament and Dean of Students at the Canadian Reformed Theological Seminary in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Before that he served as pastor of the Langley Canadian Reformed Church in British Columbia, Canada. In 2012, he completed a PhD in the Collaborative Programme in Ancient History at York University and the University of Toronto, with a focus on the first century Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, a significant witness to the world of the New Testament. He has previously written Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome (Brill, 2014) and edited, with his predecessor G.H. Visscher, Children and the Church (Lucerna, 2019). His other scholarly and ecclesiastical writings can be found on his Academia page (https: \/\/canadianreformedseminary.academia.edu\/WilliamdenHollander). William is married to Diane, and they have three sons, Gabriel, Silas, and Zion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"William Den Hollander \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48551999930525,"sku":"9780995065970","price":37.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5a4bdaa1-b6c6-4892-ad0b-4dffd1d844a2.jpg?v=1782826811","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/1-peter-living-hope-for-suffering-sojourners-9780995065970","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}