Peter says: “I exhort the elders among you—as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ (see 1 Corinthians 2:2 and Hebrews 12:2), as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed (see John 17:20-24)—shepherd the flock of God that is among you. Exercise oversight (see Hebrews […]
Peter says, “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking.” The same way of thinking! What if we were told to arm ourselves with THE SAME WAY OF THINKING as Barack Obama, or Donald Trump or Alexander Hamilton, or Thomas Jefferson, or Malcolm X, or The Beatles, etc.? […]
Peter says, “Wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of […]
RE: Judah being the broker re: Benjamin with Jacob and Reuben is a fascinating scene. How people cope and attempt to compensate for their feelings of guilt and shame is interesting. TE: The Legacy of Reuben is riveting. I just finished reading through Deuteronomy and in the final chapters Moses is talking about the 12 […]
“Every man seems to feel he has got the duties of two lifetimes to accomplish in one, and so rushes, rushes, and never has time to be companionable—never has time at his disposal to fool away on matters which do not involve dollars and duty and business.”
Peter says, “Put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander.” Really think about this. What if you actually got rid of your malice and ALL your deceit and hypocrisy and envy and ALL slander? How different would you be? Honestly, it is surreal to imagine even a 34% reduction […]
The letter starts out like this, “Peter, an apostle.” I know what you’re thinking… ‘Peter can’t STILL be an apostle can he?! Not after what happened in Galatians 2:11-14!??’ Well… he is. Deal with it. Peter addresses ELECT EXILES DISPERSED who are SPRINKLED with Jesus Blood. *So we have election, exile, dispersion, sprinkling, and blood. […]
Essentially, 1 Corinthians 7:12 says: If a man has a wife who is not a follower of Jesus, and she consents to remain married to him, he must not divorce her. What stands out to me is the emphasis on the choice and consent of the non-Christian spouse. That emphasis feels both intentional and important. […]
“The nativity scene is striking (if not shocking) in its hodgepodge diversity. No one could foresee this gathering of unexpected guests, this fraternization of clean and unclean, sacred and profane. It serves as a prophetic picture of the church (where there would no longer be any Jew, Gentile, slave, free, male, and female – but […]
Last year (Christmas 2024) someone gave me the book “Winter Fire” (advent readings based on old newspaper articles written by GK Chesterton). Here’s some stuff from the book that’s VERY VERY GOOD: