Author Archives: Pete

Advantage, Us!

Posted on December 2, 2025 by Pete

Though Jesus spoke it to the Twelve, He intended us to hear it as well. Though their ministry would be unique to them and to their time and to their place, the mission was to be shared by all who … Continue reading →

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The God of the Good Life

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Pete

All Job really wanted was to go back. To go back to the good old days. Back to the “then” before now. Back to when his children were all around him (Job 29:5). Back to when “everything was going my … Continue reading →

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Hidden Manna

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Pete

It wasn’t easy being them. The church at Pergamum had nasty neighbors. They lived “where Satan’s throne is”. They walked the streets “where Satan dwells”. To stand fast for their faith could cost them their lives (Rev. 2:13). In a … Continue reading →

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Wooed in the Wilderness

Posted on November 21, 2025 by Pete

A “wife of whoredom.” Who’s entering that into the search criteria in their dating app? “Unfaithful.” “Often doesn’t come home at night.” “Likely to ignore the kids.” No one’s swiping right on those descriptors. Cue Hosea. Told by God to … Continue reading →

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Guess Who Might Be Coming to Dinner?

Posted on November 19, 2025 by Pete

Honestly, don’t you think we might be more motivated on Sunday mornings if, instead of pushing ourselves out the door to “go to church”, we instead rushed out to get to the “love feast”? That instead of trying to look … Continue reading →

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There’s a Kingdom for the Saints

Posted on November 18, 2025 by Pete

If you ever read Daniel, you know it’s true. You go from chapter six to chapter seven and it’s like someone has thrown a switch. One moment you’re in the world of Sunday School stories, the next you’re at a … Continue reading →

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One of the Exiles

Posted on November 17, 2025 by Pete

You’d think that after 65+ years in the land, he’d be recognized as one of them. That after being trained among the king’s elite; after having risen meteorically within the king’s courts; after being retained as a top official by … Continue reading →

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. . . and I Make Four (2015 Remix)

Posted on November 14, 2025 by Pete

John presents kind of a simple argument in the first part of the fifth chapter of his first letter. Premise One: Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God (5:1a). Premise Two: Everyone who has … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let Me Miss the Glory

Posted on November 11, 2025 by Pete

Continuing to read in Ezekiel and it’s got me thinking about the temple. The bottom line is — after all the specs and details of how to build it, how to furnish it, and who can enter it — that … Continue reading →

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Buried, Bagged, and Blanketed

Posted on November 10, 2025 by Pete

It’s like Job has read Proverbs but not Ecclesiastes. He knows what should befall the righteous but doesn’t recognize the enigma of what actually happens “under the sun.” But even without those other pieces of “wisdom literature”, Job’s intuitive sense … Continue reading →

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