Author Archives: Pete

The Word of God in our Hands, the Spirit of God in our Hearts

Posted on November 6, 2025 by Pete

This morning it’s the concluding verses of 1John 2 which grab my attention. Like, REALLY grab my attention! As in, “Don’t skim past this, Pete . . . This is profound! This is jaw-dropping! . . . Hover over it … Continue reading →

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A Staff of Reed (2019 Remix)

Posted on November 4, 2025 by Pete

You can take the redeemed out of Egypt, but man, seems it’s really hard to get Egypt out of the redeemed. That was Israel’s story. Even up to the end. Though the Chaldeans were about to crush them, God’s people … Continue reading →

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No Scandal

Posted on November 3, 2025 by Pete

Sometimes, great truths can seem to be too simple. Not that simple is easy, necessarily, but it is . . . well, simple. Uncomplicated. Straightforward. Your basic “if this, then that.” Came across one of those great truths this morning … Continue reading →

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Metanoia

Posted on October 31, 2025 by Pete

A guy I used to work with said to me years ago, “Paranoia is just smart thinking when everyone’s against ya’.” Hard to argue with that. Well, this morning the Spirit’s reminding me that metanoia is just smart thinking when … Continue reading →

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True Statement, Bad Counsel

Posted on October 30, 2025 by Pete

Hovering over Job 5 this morning, part 2 of Eliphaz’s initial response to Job’s lament back in chapter 3. While this “brother” came to Job to “show him sympathy and comfort him” (Job. 2:11), and though he was shocked beyond … Continue reading →

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It Will Be Performed

Posted on October 27, 2025 by Pete

I was naïve and he was being smug. It was the mid ’80’s, I was still pretty young in the faith, and I was eating up Josh McDowell’s “Evidence That Demands a Verdict.” Armed with all that “evidence”, I figured … Continue reading →

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Restore Us to Yourself

Posted on October 24, 2025 by Pete

It wasn’t a pretty sight . . . The collateral damage of sin never is. Jerusalem was leveled. For the most part, the people were gone. For those who remained there were the painful memories of the past, the overwhelming … Continue reading →

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The Very Flame of the LORD

Posted on October 23, 2025 by Pete

Am I hovering over the 1Corinthians 13 of the Old Testament? Hmm . . . could be. Guess it shouldn’t be surprising that a song written to tell a grand love story will eventually try and define love. While love … Continue reading →

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His Desire

Posted on October 22, 2025 by Pete

I’ve said it before, gonna say it again: when it comes to the Scriptures, repetition is roaring, the same thing in succession is shouting, an echo is an exclamation point. Get the idea? And even more so, I think, when … Continue reading →

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Where Would I Go? (2016 Remix)

Posted on October 21, 2025 by Pete

The going was getting tough. And so, many got going . . . as in, “I’m outta’ here!” For them, it just seemed to be getting weirder and weirder. What started out as talk on the crowd’s motivation for following … Continue reading →

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