If I were you, I would choose another passage to preach this Sunday. Acts 17 packs a wallop for the apologetically inclined and John 14 sets you up nicely to talk through more comfortable territory. These will both preach more comfortably than 1 Peter 3 in the North American church which, along with the New Testament teaching on suffering{1} assumes some strange things to our ears. The apostles were just sure that we would suffer for doing good. Following Jesus was going to get us into...

It is not immediately clear to me why anyone would choose this text. Why not the more encouraging messages in Luke and 2 Timothy? Why not...

The story of Joseph (Genesis 37, 39-50) and his journey down to Egypt by the treacherous actions of his brothers which then turns into a...