They scratch their heads. They can’t figure us out. With respect to this they are surprised when you do not join them in the same flood...

The party’s over. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness,...

When we arm ourselves with thinking that it’s acceptable to suffer in the flesh— like Jesus thinks, and when we do suffer in the flesh,...

We’ve been musing on 1 Peter 4.1: Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever...

We’ve been “thinking” on 1 P 4.1a, today we add part “b.”   Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same...

As we saw yesterday (1 Peter 4.1), our way of thinking can be a weapon of warfare for us.   So it follows, logically, that God gives us...

1 P 4.1a Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking …   Our way of thinking can be a...

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but...

I am not much moved to fear. Nevertheless, I am encouraged with assurances I find in Psalm 56... This I know, that God is for me. v9...

We are delighted to share a very special Sunday with you. Thank you for the part you play in God's story, and for your partnership with...

There is ample to muse about in 1 Peter 3.18, 19 & 20. Writing about Jesus, Peter tells us that Jesus was:   put to death in the flesh...

Peter moves into his “Have no fear mode” mode. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled. 1 Peter 3.14c Jesus said (in the gospel of...

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good? 1 Pet 3.13 Wait a minute...  Is Peter asking a rhetorical question...

I am troubled with Ps 48.10: “Your praise reaches to the end of the earth.” How troubled I am depends on how I read it. “His praise...

Fisherman Pete gets rather sermon-on-the-mounty in 1 P 3.9 when he tells me, “Marcos, don’t pay evil for evil, don’t talk smack when...

Although my style is to jump right to the point when I write, today I will break protocol and allow myself to give a quick introduction....

1 Peter 3.6b says: And you are her children, if you do good and do not fear anything that is frightening. Pedro is telling the ladies...

Another thing I muse in 1 Peter 3.7, is that the woman is the weaker vessel. Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding...

I have the verse that most astonishes me. The verse that most comforts me. The verse that makes me maddest. But on a day to day basis,...

Hey look at this— As I mused, the fire burned; then I spoke with my tongue. Ps 39.3b This isn’t even the MSV, it is authentic ESV...