Month: September 2016

  1 Peter 4:1,2 Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking… so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. We often try to convince people how easy it is to be…
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1 Peter 3:15 Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect. Twenty-five years ago, I found myself in Mexico, going door to door, trying to explain to random Mexicans how they were sinners and…
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1 Peter 3:15 Always be prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect. Twenty-five years ago, I found myself in Mexico, going door to door, trying to explain to random Mexicans how they were sinners and…
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1 Peter 3:10-12 Whoever desires to love life and see good days… let him turn away from evil and do good…For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous… But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil. I have met many who, in their recovery from addiction, have come to…
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  1 Peter 3:9 Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. The world is full of evil and stupidity (both to which I have contributed much). I, at times, find myself in the frame of…
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  1 Peter 3:7 Husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman… so that your prayers may not be hindered. Last week, as I went to shower, I realized my shampoo was missing. For some reason, I was sure that my wife had moved it while cleaning and I…
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  1 Peter 3:3,4 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit… There are a lot of defects addressed in…
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  1 Peter 3:1 Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands… I have not been looking forward to writing on this passage, as I honestly have had little idea what to say about it. I thought about explaining the biblical model for marriage or perhaps explaining how some cultural norms do not translate to…
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2 Peter 2:24 He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. By his wounds you have been healed. I have arthritis in one knee and I know that losing weight would be the best thing for it, but I would rather take…
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1 Peter 2:21-23 Christ also suffered for you… when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. Is it a defect to be a fixer? It took me a while to figure out (and I still struggle with this one) that there is a fine line between fixing…
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