Author Archives: Pete

Radical Repentance. Normative Repentance?

Posted on August 3, 2023 by Pete

Honestly, I’m a little surprised I’ve never jotted down any thoughts on this chapter before. That’s because I know that in the past I’ve often chewed on it after reading the chapter’s final verse. Chewing on how hard true repentance … Continue reading →

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Liars, and Murderers, and Family Fracturers, Oh My!

Posted on August 2, 2023 by Pete

I think I’ve said it before here, but I’ll say it again: life’s circumstance has a way of creating a filter for processing the word of God. You can read the same passage year after year and never have it … Continue reading →

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A Limited Time Offer

Posted on August 1, 2023 by Pete

Back at my desk after 10 days with the WHOLE family — first time we’ve all been together since February 2020. Fourteen of us then, seventeen of us now. I’m burnt, I’m water-logged, and my cup is full. Don’t know … Continue reading →

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Reform Is Not Necessarily Revival

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Pete

Thirty-one years. Not enough time. Over three decades of legislated obedience and holiness. And, except for one king and perhaps a small remnant, it didn’t really make much of a difference. While there was over a quarter of a century … Continue reading →

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Blessed are the Awake (2018 Rerun)

Posted on July 20, 2023 by Pete

Another of my daughters and her kids arrived this week as we get ready for all the family to be together for the next 10 days back in B.C. First time we’ve all been together since before COVID! Looking forward … Continue reading →

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Write It Off

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Pete

Brief thought this morning on something I read in 2Chronicles 25. Who about? Amaziah, king of Judah. What about? Military ambition. Amaziah’s got an itch to stir things up with the nations around Judah. So, he counts his soldiers. Three … Continue reading →

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Good News! Good Timing?

Posted on July 14, 2023 by Pete

They were born again amid persecution, and they lived amid persecution. They received, by faith, the good news from men who were constantly harassed and afflicted, and they followed Jesus, by faith, being harassed and afflicted themselves. Being saved, for … Continue reading →

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Bad Eyes

Posted on July 13, 2023 by Pete

They wanted a sign. Jesus said to them “I’m it!” (Lk. 11:29-32) The queen of the south had Solomon. The men of Nineveh had Jonah. And the generation of Jesus? Well, they had Him, the Light of the world (Jn. … Continue reading →

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Dependent

Posted on July 12, 2023 by Pete

It’s not an English word you’ll find in the ESV Old Testament. But here it is repeatedly in the CSB as I read 2 Chronicles 13-16. And it stands out. Because it sounds unfamiliar to this longtime ESV reader? Perhaps. … Continue reading →

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Children of the Day . . . Still (A Double Rerun)

Posted on July 11, 2023 by Pete

Hovering over 1Thessalonians 5, this morning. Looked back five years ago, only to find that not only was I chewing on it then, but had been five years before that, in 2013, as well. Ten years later, and our pervasive … Continue reading →

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