I am a man of three children. They are all grown now and run their own lives. But even though they are adults, they are still referred to...

Proverbs 16:9 is a famous bit of wisdom that is often interpreted in the most fatalistic, deterministic, or nihilistic way. This proverb...

Each Christmas I am reminded of a problem in our species. As a species, we doggedly pursue pleasure in every life domain, and often at...

It is impossible to separate your life from your identity. The two are so woven together that to change one necessarily changes the other....

It seems that a sparkling gem of insight gleams from every passage of Paul’s letter to his protege – the young pastor Titus. In one...

God gives grace to the humble, and he opposes the proud (Proverbs 3:34, 1 Peter 5:5). The truth of that concept lives throughout the...

Peter’s pen scratched out what appear to be some of the most frightening words in the bible. In 1 Peter 4:12-18, the apostle warns that...

Peter uses some very interesting grammatical constructions in 1 Peter 4:1-2. The first thing he does is point to Christ’s suffering and...

Peter tells us that we are called to suffer for doing good. He is unequivocal about it, and argues plainly that we should follow in the...

Although it may not seem evident upon first glance, Peter gives us two important themes in his first letter. First, he tells us that...

Peter pummels his readers with a string of common thematic punches in the first few chapters of his first letter. All of them are the...

Right after he commands us in 1 Peter 2:13-16 to be subject to every human authority knowing full well that some of those authorities...

Peter makes a difficult statement to the scattered Christians living in Asia Minor. Those believers were often living in areas that were...

In Peter’s first letter, he writes to Christians who are scattered or dispersed throughout the ancient provinces of Asia Minor. They are...

The uneducated Peter penned one of the most memorable and profound passages in all of the bible when he was writing to the many...

With dark poetic strokes, David the psalmist reminds us that there is no human permanence, and that even though we may thrive for a short...

Peter makes a statement in his first letter to the scattered Christians in the ancient world which many have found troubling. The...

Peter made a profound call for holiness to the Christians who were scattered throughout the provinces of the ancient world. His call was...

Wise diligence and intentionality create wealth and forge excellence in character. This principle of wealth management is found...

In Matthew 25:14-30, Jesus teaches us the very well known end-times parable of the bags of money. In this parable a rich man gives some...