A consistent theme in the first epistle Peter wrote is that suffering will come and when it does, there is a way to face it that will honor God. This holds open...
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greate...
Relationships are complicated. My husband and I were friends for a year before we started to date. Before he finally asked, however, we danced around each other...
Peter is writing to Christians who have chosen to leave their homes and homeland over renouncing their faith. Living in another country as foreigners has result...
Galatians:11-21
Humanity suffers a universal plague: guilt. Every person experiences this emotion and tries to find some way to alleviate it. Primitive peopl...
WWJD? - What Would Jesus Do?
Remember back in the 90s when the "WWJD" bracelets became a Christian phenomenon? I was in youth group at the time and my parents ...
Bonhoeffer: At Odds with Church and State
Over the last few weeks I've become fascinated with Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Historically, Bonhoeffer found himself in a ...
Acts 12:6-19. Peter's landed on the "Go Directly to Jail" space more time in the last 12 chapters than most people do in a lifetime, but God keeps letting him o...
Acts 5:27-32. Peter and the apostles get hauled before the religious leaders again after being miraculously released from jail. The leaders seem all sensitive a...
Acts 3:1-10. This one’s about a crippled beggar who got dumped outside the temple every morning to beg. Peter and John are broke, but they get his attention any...
Acts 2:37-47. People want to know how to respond to Jesus and God’s work through the Holy Spirit and the Day of Pentecost. Peter’s still standing there, so he o...
Acts 2:37-47. Well Peter pretty much nailed his explanation of what God was doing with the miracle at the Day of Pentecost, and now those who heard him speak ar...
