A category for distinguishing morning Bible study from all other posts.
Yesterday we went through some of John Brown’s writing over the verses from 1 Peter 2 below. That study focused on what Brown called the first motivation for enduring suffering, God’s approbation. Today, I want to cover the second of his motivations. In a word, we call it sanctification. In John Brown’s words it is …
Today, I had meant to continue looking at Colin Smith’s series on the Beatitudes, especially as concerns meekness because of the wonderful crossover between that content and these verses in Peter. We covered his initial sermon on meekness in some part in yesterday’s study, Meekness. If you would like to read or listen to his …
Well, today, I wanted to continue in these same verses in Peter. My motivation is somewhat circumstantial. More than most of my studies, this one will be personal. I hope you will bear with me. On my end, I have been actually studying these verses for a week or so. I am reading John Brown …
In the recent days we covered living free, doing good, and doing so for the Lord’s sake. I have a feeling that keeping those things in mind will be important as we approach today’s set of verses. I want to really try (like I did when I first started these studies) to take on this …
Yesterday, we covered Peter’s exhortation to do good. While I think his call to live free is bound up with do good, I felt it necessary to cover live free on its own. It is an important topic, probably for all ages. But, I don’t live in all ages, only in this one. In this …
Yesterday, we studied how we might apply the phrase for the Lord’s sake to Peter’s exhortation to be subject. There are actually separate studies on both those phrases. You can find them here: Be Subject, and For the Lord’s Sake. Today, I wanted to look at another exhortation which shows up, do good. Like be …
I know, I actually never really finished expounding on the topic of submission. It is not because I am worried about being unpopular that I am going to move on. It’s difficult to be unpopular, when you only have two readers! Really, it is because the topic is complex, I already spent two days (well, …
Yesterday we started on a new passage of scripture in 1 Peter 2. We covered what it means to be subject. Well, in truth, we mostly tried to tackle the confusing nature of this concept when applied to representative government. After all, if you are raised to office by a vote of the people, and …
A situational aside Because this is the internet, I cannot be sure of where you live, dear reader. Also, I have no idea when it is you are reading this. Maybe I will be the only person who ever reads this. So, it may be difficult to assume your situation. But, here is mine. I …
Peter has made many wonderful claims about who we are in Christ. Now, he urges us to abstain from inordinate desires. He gave us a solid, self-interested reason for abstinence in verse 11: these passions wage war on our souls. Yesterday we studied the various directions from which these sorties on the soul come in …
