Author: Scott

2 Peter 2:19 They promise them freedom, but they themselves are slaves of corruption. For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved. Functional brain imaging has shown how repeated use of a drug (in an addict) actually damages and shuts down the part of the brain that normally inhibits destructive behavior. As it…
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2 Peter 2:1,2 …There will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies … And many will follow their sensuality, and because of them the way of truth will be blasphemed. Not long ago, while engaged in a conversation with another individual in recovery, I was given this advice. Scott, you…
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2 Peter 1:5-10 Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love… for if you practice these qualities you will never fall. I find passages like this frustrating. It…
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2 Peter 1:4,5 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness… so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. I met a man once, who in the midst of his…
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1 Peter 5:8 Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. I realized, when working on this passage, that I give little thought to the devil as I find that I am very capable of my own destruction. My flesh nature is enough of a distraction from God that…
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1 Peter 5:7 …Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. For me, writing a blog on anxiety is a little like writing a blog on motherhood. I may have some observational knowledge, but I just do not know what it is like to live it. What little anxiety I have known…
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1 Peter 5:5 Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble. I imagine that if you only knew me from my writing, you may think me humble. I speak of my defects freely, giving the impression of humility. It is easy enough…
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1 Peter 5:2,3 Shepherd the flock of God that is among you… not for shameful gain… not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. When I was a sophomore in high school, I ran for class president as I thought it was a popularity contest and I desired the affirmation…
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1 Peter 4:15 But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. I am fantastic at identifying meddlers. I can just sense when people have this defect of inserting themselves into every situation just because they are busybodies. When I see others doing this, it…
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1 Peter 4:12-14 Do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you…But rejoice… If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed… Two years ago, as I was sitting in treatment for chemical dependency, I told God that I was sick of my destruction and that I would…
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