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:
Brace yourself. You’re probably not gonna like what Paul has to say. Essentially Paul says, There are many who are empty talkers and deceivers. They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families. They are liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons. Therefore rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, not devoting themselves […]
One day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border. It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and […]
Once upon a time there was a group of people in Philippi who received a letter. And the letter said, “Imitate me, and keep your eyes on those who walk according to the example you have in us. For many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you even with tears, walk […]
As we all know, John humiliated Diotrephes. When John showed up in Asia Minor he publicly called out Diotrephes. This was quite the scandal seeing as how Diotrephes was a respected Christian counselor, and John was an uneducated common man (who was, for some crazy reason, recruited by Jesus of Nazareth and ordained and appointed […]
I attended a Lessons & Carols event last night at 10101 Robinson Church Road. Here’s what I heard… The first humans (a guy named Adam and his wife Eve) heard God walking toward them and they hid from God because they were naked and afraid. And God said, “Why are you so insecure and ashamed […]