Tag Archives: truth

What’s the Therefore There For?

Posted on June 3, 2025 by Pete

This morning the chewing seems a little harder. Arrested by a verse that normally, I think, I’d just pass over. But it’s a therefore — and trying to be clear on what it’s there for — that’s got me thinking. … Continue reading →

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We Have an Anointing

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Pete

John has already warned them of the dangers from “out there.” He’s just exhorted them not to love the world — not to esteem how it thinks, not to covet what it offers, not to be molded by how it … Continue reading →

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Truth-Based Freedom in a Post-Truth Culture

Posted on November 1, 2022 by Pete

Some have said that ours is a post-truth culture. That objective facts (if there really are any) are increasingly giving away to subjective personal belief. That your truth may not be my truth and that, within limits, there needs to … Continue reading →

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Pay Attention to What You Hear

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Pete

As I hover over some verses in Mark, two common sayings come to mind. One from my days in the business world, the other from the world at large. Back in the days when I drove to an office building … Continue reading →

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A Lifeline

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Pete

David knew about cause and effect. He connected the dots between external circumstance and internal response. Know the ever-present reality of oppression and distress without? Be consumed by darkness and mourning within. Experience unrelenting obstacles day after day? Be prone … Continue reading →

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The Riches of Full Assurance

Posted on June 25, 2021 by Pete

They were in a battle. Not against flesh and blood, but against thoughts and ideas. Paul referring to them as “plausible arguments” (Col. 2:4) and empty philosophies “according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world” (Col. … Continue reading →

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One Word

Posted on February 8, 2021 by Pete

They were certain Paul had defiled the temple. Convinced he had brought unbelieving, uncircumcised, and unclean Greeks into the holy place. But it was based only on circumstantial evidence. They had seen Paul earlier with Trophimus the Ephesian. So, when … Continue reading →

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It Stands in Scripture

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Pete

When it comes to consuming what we commonly refer to as “the news,” in this day and age of ideological polarization and the propensity to omit or twist facts to suit ones own bias, I can’t count the number of … Continue reading →

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This Week Is Important

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Pete

Oh how we need this week in our post-Christian, postmodern, increasingly post-truth culture. A culture that debates not only the abstracts of truth (which man has done throughout the ages . . . think Pilate (Jn. 18:38)), but also seeks … Continue reading →

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Chez Wisdom

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Pete

Been mostly offline this week as I’ve been on almost full-time grandpa duty. Doesn’t seem possible that one little toddler can consume so much of a grown man’s energy . . . but that’s why I guess, generally speaking, parenting … Continue reading →

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