Today from Chuck Swindall.

Jesus believed we ought to be witnessing, and it had nothing to do with talking to the

lost about their condition.

It has everything to do with how we treat one another.

He said, I give a commandment to you, love one another.

If you want to make an impact on this rugged society, you love one another by this.

They will all know that you're different.

One would hope that most Christians attend churches where love and unity amount, but regrettably

many of us have witnessed our share of division among the brethren.

Sometimes it's a passive undercurrent that stirs up a rift.

Other times it's a scandal that rocks the very foundation of the church.

Today on Insight for Living, Chuck Swindall reminds us this kind of friction isn't new.

He's teaching from 1 Peter.

In this study, we'll examine the biblical reasons for pulling together.

Chuck titled his message, Hope Beyond Division.

To our shame, the world sometimes looks on Bible-believing Christians as self-seeking

and factious, even unloving and fragmented.

This is sometimes never more true than when we go through suffering.

Remember Job's three friends who could do little more than be critical of everything

in Job's life after he had lost everything, including his ten precious children.

Paying often fragments, relationships, rather than unifying them.

With these thoughts as a backdrop, we're better able to understand and appreciate Peter's

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