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...

Psalm 37.4 says something different to me than what it seems to say to others. Delight yourself in the LORD, and he will give you the...

My friend Neal has a keen observation about my last musing, Thinking and Wondering, on Ps 34.4. I sought the Lord, and he answered me and...

Alan is 17, a sharp young man. I met him a week ago, for the first time, and we began chatting. The old fashion type of chat, with...

I wonder. I sought the LORD, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears. Ps 34.4 When he wrote this, David was afraid of...

And to whom have we returned? For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. 1 Peter...