Be Hopeful (1 Peter): How to Make the Best of Times Out of Your Worst of Times by Warren W. Wiersbe is another one in his BE Commentary series of bible study
cum derived life lessons advice guides, free courtesy of Christian publisher David C. Cook.
This has previously been offered free in 2012.
Currently free, probably just for the next couple of days @
B&N (also
UK),
Amazon (available to Canadians and in the
UK),
iTunes &
Google Play (both available to Canadians), and also
ChristianBook (DRM-Free ePub available to selected countries), and may also be free at other venues listed on the
publisher's catalogue page. Sometime these also show up at
BookShout (online reading & in-app download) by the 2nd day, so linkage for your price-drop-check convenience.
Description
In Scripture, hope means the promise of salvation for those who have accepted God and His Son's death and resurrection.
Christians who possess this hope and live as though then possess it will learn godly submission, holy living, and harmony with other believers. These qualities will prepare them for what Peter pains in his epistle as inevitable—suffering and persecution. Though Peter is writing to warn a people who would soon be under the tyranny of a heathen Roman emperor, some level of suffering will always be part of the believers' journey. A time is soon coming when living the "comfortable" Christian life will be far more costly than the life willing to give up all.