Family
A household that throws its worries
As the school year opens, 1 Peter 5 offers families a way to handle anxiety together rather than each alone.
1-peter
13 pieces
Devotional
Clothe yourselves with humility
Peter tells elders and young people alike to put on the same garment, and he had seen it worn once.
Cast it, because he cares
The most quoted comfort in 1 Peter is a single clause with a reason attached.
Bible study
Done with sin, alive to God: 1 Peter 4:1-11
A careful walk through the paragraph where Peter turns from Christ's suffering to the shape of a Christian's remaining time.
Living
The front door and the grumble
Peter's instruction about hospitality is short, and the qualifier is the hard part.
Devotional
Love covers
Peter says the end is near and then tells us to keep our heads and love each other deeply.
Stewards of grace in its various forms
Peter assumes every believer has received a gift and expects every believer to use it.
Ready to give a reason, gentle in the giving
Peter's most quoted verse about apologetics is surrounded by words about fear and gentleness.
Devotional
He did not retaliate
Peter watched Jesus be insulted and stay silent, and thirty years later he still could not get over it.
By his wounds you have been healed
On the Lord's Day Peter takes us to the cross with the words of Isaiah 53.
Called out of darkness for a purpose
Peter gives scattered, overlooked Christians four titles that once belonged to Israel at Sinai.
Devotional
Gold in the fire
Peter says trials prove faith the way heat proves gold, and he does not pretend the heat is pleasant.
A living hope that does not depend on the morning
Peter opens his letter with praise, and the praise is aimed at a hope that is already alive.