Dewey Bertolini's Podcast

As you are about to hear in this PODCAST, all you need to know about the precious people to whom Peter wrote is summarized in three telling terms. One phrase, really. One phrase that so accurately described them. One phrase that so accurately describes each of us. ἐκ-λεκ-τοῖς παρ-επι-δή-μοις διασ-πορᾶς—literally, “elect foreigners in the diaspora.” Now why in the world would Peter begin his first letter with this carefully crafted first phrase? “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect foreigners in the diaspora.” Because the one question looming in minds of Peter’s distressed audience was this: Has God abandoned us? Not to get too personal with you, and at the risk of invading your private space, I cannot help but to wonder if you have ever asked of yourself that exact same question: Has God abandoned me? And Peter wanted them—and us—and you!—to know that as he penned this epistle, that same question was looming large in his own mind and his own soul. Peter knew his audience. Peter knew them. Peter kn