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Adopted!
Yesterday was a great day! Rachel's adoption is final and complete in the USA. The adoption of both kids is finalized in Mexico, but we...
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Mar 151 min read
Bring it on!
Faith is tested. It goes through trials. The trials feel grievous. But when, at the end of that testing, our faith is shown to be...
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Mar 101 min read
Junk street
We are so excited about our salvation, that we rejoice. Even though, Peter 1.6 says, we battle with all kinds of trials. "In this you...
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Mar 61 min read
A Him thing
And one more thing in verse three of 1 Peter 1... Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, ...
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Feb 291 min read
Great mercy
Peter tells us of God’s great mercy. One of my pastor buddies defines grace as ,“Getting what you don’t deserve.” That’s in contrast to...
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Feb 261 min read
A new doctrine?
Let's not skip over the fact that I was sanctified by the Spirit for obedience, or unto obedience, according to King Jimmy in 1 Peter...
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Feb 221 min read
A little mention
Peter slips in a little mention of the trinity here in 1.1-2. Perhaps he thinks he’s Matthew! He tells us that: the Father foreknew, the...
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Feb 201 min read
God's got this
Verse one of 1 Peter tells us we have been elected. We didn’t have to look for more votes in Georgia, it was unanimous. But Peter’s theme...
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Feb 161 min read
The epistles of the P apostles
A friend told me that Peter is warmer than Paul. It's as if Peter wrapped himself warmly in the after-rooster forgiveness of Jesus,...
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Feb 152 min read
My friend Jorge
I met Jorge three decades ago, when we were hosting youth rallies in Ensenada. Now in his forties, Jorge serves on the pastoral team of...
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Feb 121 min read
A study in contrasts
Peter stepped out of the boat. It was a step of faith that began well but soured quickly when he looked at those nasty waves and felt the...
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Feb 51 min read
Swelled heads
I am quite familiar with Paul's admonishing that, if we could get to heaven by being nice people and doing good works, it would make our...
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Feb 21 min read
One of my gifts
Paul is on a roll. For the second time in two chapters he declares that his readers therefore have no excuse! First it was 1.20, and we...
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Jan 291 min read
Those rotten sinners!
In an unfortunate change of events, after God whips off His list of the 21 favorite sins of previous generations, He adds (Ro 1.32):...
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Jan 261 min read
Three exchanges
There are three unfortunate exchanges in the first chapter of Romans: People exchanged the glory God for images (1.23), and they...
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Jan 231 min read
Let’s do lunch
In our weekly Bible study with teens, we are going through the book of Mark (I always like to start people off with a book that has a...
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Jan 191 min read
Wouldn't it make more sense?
Paul states that it was Jesus’ resurrection that proved He is the Son of God. And it was the Holy Spirit Who raised Him. That part I...
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Jan 171 min read
God of promises
The second verse of Romans tells us that God promised the Gospel to us: [The gospel of God] which he promised beforehand through his...
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Jan 122 min read
You are part of this...
I want to share a note from a woman in Monterrey, Mexico. . . . . . Three years ago, my husband died, and I have clung to the Lord with...
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Jan 81 min read
Falling short
Truth is, I get joggled every time I restart Romans. The first verse says, “Paul a servant… called to be…” And I identify with that…...
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