Tag: John

  • Suffer for Good – a letter from Peter – 6

    To do good or evil? Previously, from the background of Psalm 34 Peter urges the church to be like-minded in doing good. The Christian Standard Bible labels these verses, “Do No Evil” and the New King James Version, “Called to Blessing.” Yet just five verses later Peter calls on us to suffer. Our action? “Seek…

    1 Peter Sanctified suffering
  • Psalm 34: Like-minded with Peter – 5

    We might describe Peter and David as like-minded, that is, men after God’s own heart. Of course, Psalm 34 is a Psalm of David. So what does this Psalm have to do with a letter from Peter (where we left off previously by asking, ‘Why Submit?’)? Psalm 34 would have been familiar to first century…

    The eyes of the Lord are upone the rithteous and hes ears are open unto their cry. Psalm 34:15 and sunrise over landscape
  • Jude -2- Necessity is the Father of Exhortation

    To Correct or Encourage? Do I just keep encouraging my child, servant or follower, or must I instruct them with words of exhortation? Every parent, master, or leader must judge between the value of correction versus positive reinforcement. Jude, a leader of the church no less loving of the recipients of his letter than the…

    Jude written inside a gold star of David