Daily Reflections From Higher Things®

Today's Reading: 1 Peter 3:8-15 Daily Lectionary: Judges 14:1-20; Galatians 3:1-22 Always [be] prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you. (1 Peter 3:15) In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Christians can be weird. We've always been like this. From the very beginning, people noticed that we are different. Tertullian, a Christian living in the second and third centuries, wrote to the Roman authorities, defending Christians. He says that people used to insult Christians, saying, "See how they love one another." We gathered money for the weak and poor. We adopted children who had been abandoned. We opened hospitals to care for the sick. We weren't looking for personal wealth or great fame. People noticed that Christians looked out for the weakest people, and cared little about their own comfort. Many of the earliest Christian writers after the New Testament era sent letters to suspicious governmental authorities. People like Justin Martyr and Augustine of Hippo enga