There is a passage in 1 Peter 5 that does something unusual. Rather than addressing the broader congregation, it zeroes in on the leaders of the church, the elders, and gives them a direct and unflinc...  Read More

Suffering is one of the most universal human experiences. No one escapes it. Whether it arrives as physical pain, personal loss, social rejection, or the quiet ache of living in a world that seems to ...  Read More

There is a sign that has become something of a cultural punchline. You have seen it in cartoons, on street corners, and in the background of photographs taken at crowded public events. A disheveled fi...  Read More

Few phrases have haunted the church for decades like “cheap grace,” a term made famous by German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer in his landmark work The Cost of Discipleship. And the more honestly we ...  Read More

When we hear the word purity, our minds often go immediately to sexual morality. While that is certainly a part of biblical purity, it is not the whole story.Purity means being clean, unstained, and f...  Read More

One of the most remarkable things about our sinful nature is its ability to convince us that we are seeing things clearly when we are not. We naturally view the world through the lens of ourselves—wha...  Read More

There is a passage in 1 Peter that has puzzled scholars and sparked centuries of theological debate. In 1 Peter 3:18–22, Peter speaks of Christ proclaiming to “spirits in prison,” connects the passage...  Read More

Over the last two Sundays, we have been walking through 1 Peter 3:9–14 and thinking about how to respond to suffering, mistreatment, and opposition as followers of Christ.There is one thought from tho...  Read More