2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind

by Jonathan Gibson

Jonathan Gibson ’s 2 Peter Bible study helps participants learn how keeping heaven in view guides their daily goals and choices while strengthening their hope. According to 2 Peter, one day the earth will be renewed by fire, and we will live together in a new world where all wrongs are righted and all sorrows swept away. Because we have this sure hope, we can turn from living for ourselves and for what we want in the moment. Instead, we can follow Jesus into the hardest places as we keep eternity in focus. 2 Living with the End in Mind helps readers learn to follow Jesus into the hardest places. We live for Jesus and grow like him, because some day we will be with him forever.

96 pages, Paperback

Published August 14, 2023

About the author

Rev. Dr. Jonathan Gibson (PhD, Cambridge University) is associate professor of Old Testament at Westminster Theological Seminary. Dr. Gibson previously served as associate minister at Cambridge Presbyterian Church in England.

He is a contributor to and co-editor (with David Gibson) of From Heaven He Came and Sought Her: Definite Atonement in Historical, Biblical, Theological, and Pastoral Perspective. He is also the author of historical and biblical articles in Themelios, Journal of Biblical Literature, and Tyndale Bulletin, as well as “Obadiah” in the NIV Proclamation Bible. His PhD was published as Covenant Continuity and Fidelity: A Study of Inner-Biblical Allusion and Exegesis in Malachi (Bloomsbury).

Dr. Gibson’s academic interests include biblical theology, covenant theology, Genesis chapters 1–3, inner-biblical allusion and exegesis within the Old Testament, Pauline soteriology, and the doctrines of grace.

Reviews

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jonathan Gibson has written another fantastic book for New Growth Press’ The Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible study series called 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind! 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind gives an overview of the book 2 Peter, but because it is a short book in the New Testament in the Bible, I feel like it was able to go a little more in depth than a typical brief overview. It is set up like previous The Gospel-Centered Life in the Bible study series I have read where each chapter is split into 3 sections-Lesson, Article, and Exercise. Each chapter focuses on a few verses of 2 Peter for the Lesson section. The Article section expounds on what was brought out in the Lesson Section, using Mr. Gibson’s life experiences and making life applications through them and the Biblical Wisdom God gives him. The Exercise section offers unique and thought provoking insight to help the reader think and process what they have just read. There is a Leader’s Guide to help do the study as a group, though I think it will also be an effective study regardless of a group or individual study.

What I love most about Jonathan Gibson’s 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind is how chock full of Truth it is. I used 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind as part of my own devotional time and highlighted a majority of the book, making lots of notes. Not only did I love the Truth that was in the Study, I also love the Exercise section of each chapter. I thought each Exercise in 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind was interactive and really made you think and get to the root of what the Author was trying to get you to get at. I also love the Article section sandwiched between the Lesson and Exercise section and hearing Mr. Gibson’s personal stories enhanced the reading for me. 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind lets you know/reminds you of things and instances you need to be aware of to stay in the Race, yet encouraging you to stick with it, keeping the End Goal in mind. If you are looking for a Bible Study that’s full of Truth, that will challenge you to keep going with “the End in Mind” then I highly recommend 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind by Jonathan Gibson!

I would like to thank New Growth Press for giving me a copy of 2 Peter: Living with the End in Mind to review. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

My review is also on my blog, Leslie's Library Escape.