Category Archives: Daily Devotions

Devotions are written primarily for my small group. Others are welcome to browse.

2 Peter 2:4-10 Casting Angels Into Hell

 For if God did not spare angels when they sinned, but cast them into hell[a] and committed them to chains[b] of gloomy darkness to be kept until the judgement; 5 if he did not spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah, … Continue reading

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2 Peter 2:1-3 False Teachers

But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction. 2 And many will follow … Continue reading

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2 Peter 1:16-21 Second Coming as a Myth

16 For we did not follow cleverly devised stories when we told you about the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ in power, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 17 He received honor and glory from God the Father when the … Continue reading

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2 Peter 1:12-21 Be Reminded

12 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. 13 I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live in the … Continue reading

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Matthew 24/25 Revisited: Who You Know

  The last two days I have been looking through the Olivet Discourse.  The disciples walk up the Mount of Olives and they look back across the valley to the temple complex and they marvel at the great stones that … Continue reading

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1 Peter 1 Identity: A Summary

Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus … Continue reading

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1 Peter 1:24, 25 Identity: Grass

“All people are like grass,     and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, 25     but the word of the Lord endures forever.”[a] And this is the word that was preached to … Continue reading

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1 Peter 1:22-23 Identity: Pure Heart

22 Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, 23 since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and … Continue reading

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1 Peter 1:17-19 Identity: Ransomed

  17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, 18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, … Continue reading

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1 Peter 1:15, 16 Identity: Holy

… but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16 since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” Holy Jesus was set apart by God the Father for a … Continue reading

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