As I sat pondering our passage from the sermon in 1 Peter this week, it took me back a few years. For whatever reason, I began listening to a political talk show and it hooked me. I didn’t want to admit it, but it did. I became fearful about the security and future of our nation and world. This program promised me principles that could provide comfort and hope of security. The security not promised by a sovereign God, but found in a political agenda and government leaders. This program became my salvation, in a sense, and I became a disciple whose heart was hoping in its promises.