by Stuart | 12 Apr 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
As he continues to apply his exhortation to “abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul” (2:11), Peter addresses the realm of the home. Specifically, he addresses the way that believing wives should behave toward their unbelieving...
by Stuart | 11 Apr 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
Some thirty years ago, I was in our front yard at home when I overheard a very loud disagreement between one of the neighbour children and his mother. I forget the precise cause of the disagreement, but I distinctly remember the boy at one point shouting, “Children...
by Stuart | 8 Apr 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
We saw yesterday that honourable Christian living requires intentionality, which covers every area of life. Peter encouraged his readers to ensure that both their inner and outer lives honoured God (2:11–12). In what follows, he applies this truth to several spheres,...
by Stuart | 7 Apr 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
The Christian faith is far more than a set of rituals reserved for two hours on a Sunday morning. Christianity is a living relationship with God that pervades all of life. It is, in other words, a faith that must intentionally influence every area of our lives. This...
by Stuart | 6 Apr 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
Much attention has been given in recent years to addressing abuse scandals within the church. There was a time when Protestants mockingly considered abuse to be a peculiarly Catholic problem but, with recent high-profile scandals rocking evangelical churches, it has...
by Stuart | 5 Apr 2022 | 1 Peter, Devotionals
We have spent quite some time now digging into 1 Peter 1:13–25 and I want to take one last look (I promise!) at these verses before we move on. We have considered the ethical exhortations that Peter offers in these verses—holiness (vv. 14–16); fear of God (vv. 17–21);...
