How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

We've all heard complaints about Christians who are hypocrites.

And you know, a lot of the time, that criticism hits closer to home than most of us would like to admit.

It's tough to live the Christian life in a world that has really lost its way.

And it's easy to compromise on the things that we know we shouldn't do or say.

Well, needless to say, the Lord has much more mercy and forgiveness on the repentant soul

than our unsaved neighbor or coworker.

But, you know, that doesn't mean we give up trying, does it?

As our offering to the Lord, we can work at living blameless lives before the world.

Welcome to Through the Bible with our teacher, Dr. J. Vernon McGee. I'm your host Steve Schwetz, and we're on a five-year, never-ending journey through the whole word of God.

And we stop in the New Testament book of First Peter for some practical health in living the Christian life.

Our focus isn't necessarily on what you don't do as a Christian, which is often how we define separation, but primarily on the positive

actions like living and working honestly and consistently doing good works. We'll learn that by doing

this, we show the world God's grace and goodness. This is a great study. It's one that I know you're

going to love, so hang on just a minute because first I got a couple of letters from our fellow Bible bus passengers that I want to share.

First is Stephanie in the U.S. writes this.

This book is possibly my favorite book in the entire Word of God.

I get excited every time I hear Dr. McGee give a lesson on Daniel.

Each chapter is better than the last, and each prophecy

and history lesson is more profound than the next. Thank you, Mom, for leading me to this great

ministry. I didn't realize it at the time that you were sowing seeds that would come to fruition

after your death. Yet I am so very thankful that God had his almighty hands on me when I didn't even

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