Marcos
A little while
And after you have suffered a little while. 1 Peter 5.10a “A little while?” You can’t fool me! That’s the ESV, which is what I usually...
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Marcos
Sep 191 min read
Resistant faith
In my mind, a fine line is being crossed as Peter writes about resisting our adversary. Usually, we read of Satan in conjunction with...
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Sep 131 min read
This is me
Diverting to the Psalms this morning... O God, from my youth you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to...
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Sep 121 min read
Casting and care
Peter has a good suggestion in 1 Peter 5.7: Cast all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. I have tried it once or twice or...
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Sep 101 min read
Exalted
Just as I was not ecstatic about getting a crown, neither am I thrilled with 1 Peter 5.6: Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty...
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Sep 81 min read
Fashion statement
God makes a fashion statement 1 Peter 5.5. What’s in style this season, in the Kingdom of God? Clothe yourselves… with humility. “Hey,...
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Sep 71 min read
Grace as a reward?
I am a a fan of simple definitions. But, perhaps I may have to rethink my definition of grace. I have always taught that grace is “un...
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Sep 61 min read
Crowns
Speaking to the gray-haired shepherds, more specifically to the ones who were not in it for the power, the position, or the celebrity,...
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Sep 21 min read
A simple, profound truth
The second half of 1 Peter 5.3 has profound truth... but being examples to the flock. I know that in Veronica’s and my case, what we lived...
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Aug 301 min read
Just thinking,,, or SHOUTING!
Can I shout out 1 Peter 5.3, the first half, to a lot of pastors I know and love here in Mexico? not domineering over those in your...
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Aug 261 min read
Big man
Can I shout out 1 Peter 5.3, to a bunch of pastors I know and love? ... not domineering over those in your charge Am I a big man because...
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Aug 211 min read
It's too bad
1 Peter 5.2 (ESV), up to the comma: Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, Or as my MSV reads: It doesn’t matter, Marcos, that you...
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Aug 191 min read
Yet to come
Then the apostle reminds us that the best is yet to come: as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 1 Peter 5.1...
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Aug 181 min read
Amongst the commas
Truth is I have been avoiding the first sentence of 1 Peter 5. It overflows into three verses, and it has 10 commas, or similar...
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Aug 161 min read
Short-term stay
Joseph of Arimathea went to Pilate to ask for the body of Jesus. Pilate remarked, "Joseph, you are a rich and prominent man. This is a...
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Marcos
Aug 142 min read
Spoiler alert
As we read what Jesus is doing, teaching, and saying in the book of Matthew, everything changes after 16.18. I call this verse “the...
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Marcos
Aug 121 min read
Peter's problem
We are encouraged to be renewed in the spirit of our mind (Eph 4.23). Hmm, I did not even know my mind has a spirit. And we are...
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Marcos
Aug 101 min read
A terrible thing to waste
There is an odd connection, in 1 Pe 4.7, between self-control, sober-mindedness, my prayers. The end of all things is at hand; therefore...
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Marcos
Aug 102 min read
Road trip
Picture this... Ten travelers in a van, nine teens from our weekly youth Bible study, and one 69-years-young yours truly. Eight hours of...
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Aug 81 min read
The audience was dead
1 Pe 4.6: For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they...
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