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1 Peter 1:22-2:3: Love One Another with the Help of the Scriptures

If you could bottle the secret to growing love you’d be a millionaire, Nick says, pointing to the endless shelf of books promising to revive love between husband and wife. He works through Peter’s actual...

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1 Peter 1:17-21: Conduct Yourselves With Fear

Thomas works through Peter’s call to conduct ourselves with reverent fear during our time as exiles here, grounded not in terror but in the reality of what it cost to ransom us.

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1 Peter 1:13-16: Holiness in Response to Grace

As a young believer, Nick spent a lot of time trying to work out the right reasons for obeying God, since motives matter as much as actions. He works through Peter’s call to holiness, grounded...

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1 Peter 1:10-12: The Prophets Searched Carefully

Thomas works through Peter’s account of the Old Testament prophets who searched carefully into the salvation they themselves prophesied but wouldn’t live to see, serving not themselves but us.

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1 Peter 1:6-9: Sorrowful Yet Always Rejoicing

Rejoice always might be one of the hardest commands in the Bible, Nick says, even though it should be one of the easiest. He works through Peter’s picture of joy that coexists with real grief,...

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1 Peter 1:3-5: Praising God for our Salvation

John Denley was stopped and searched on his way to visit friends, and the authorities found his written confession of faith, Nick recounts, opening with the story of a Marian-era martyr. He works through Peter’s...

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1 Peter 1:1-2: Our God Given Identity

We live in the age of identity politics, Nick says, sketching the competing definitions offered by the woke left and its critics on the right. He works through Peter’s opening address to scattered, persecuted believers,...

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1 Peter 1:1-2: Introduction to 1 Peter

A truth lands differently depending on who says it, Thomas says: a wealthy man telling you to trust God for your needs carries little weight, but someone who has actually suffered saying the same thing...