When we remember the Story of God and our place in it, 1 Peter 3:13-17 teaches us that we should fearlessly keep doing good, not be afraid, and honor Christ in everything we do. 

This Sunday looked a bit different as we took a pause and slowed down to engage in both an ancient and Biblical practice of reading the Scriptures aloud

Ultimately, Peter’s call [especially] for wives and husbands to behave like Jesus — even when life is supremely unfair — is something that every Christian should be able to identify with

The Law that God brought through Moses necessitated grace and truth that could only come through Jesus. He came to us as the greater Moses — to bring a greater exodus.

The Incarnation of Jesus reminds us afresh of how vital it is that we are an embodied creation — designed to flourish by being ‘in the flesh’ in the presence of both God and others.

John’s the Baptist is jarring to our contemporary/domesticated view of Christmas. But this is something we must sit with as we ourselves prepare the way in our hearts for Advent.

The Peaceable Kingdom (cf. Isaiah 11:1-9) comes under the reign and rule of Jesus. Why, then, does it seem that this Peaceable Kingdom is nowhere to be found?

1 Peter 2:18-25 is a tough text for a myriad of reasons. Chief of them, however, is that it seems to teach us that as Christians, suffering is not only inevitable, it seems to be necessary.

1 Peter 2:18-25 is a tough text for a myriad of reasons. Chief of them, however, is that it seems to teach us that as Christians, suffering is not only inevitable, it seems to be necessary.