Today's Passage: 1 Peter 4:12-19In our passage today, Peter has some instructions for Christians regarding trials, suffering, and persecution.1. Don’t be surprised.Peter bluntly says that trials shoul...  Read More

Todays’ Passage: 1 Peter 4:1-11This Jumpstart comes to you today from Tim Parsons.1 Peter 4 is a powerful chapter! It has a lot that we need to take in today. This section is all about us living for G...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 3:13-22“Who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?” Peter’s point in verses 13–17 is that you will suffer, so it is far better to suffer for doing good.CPC ...  Read More

Today’s Passage: 1 Peter 3:8-12 As Paul lands the plane from this section on interpersonal relationships (submission to authority, husbands, and wives), he generalizes his approach with the statement ...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 3:1-7This text is culturally charged. When read through the eyes of the world, it’s the bomb that brings down the inerrancy of Scripture. It may even be a little jarring for u...  Read More

Today’s Passage: 1 Peter 2:18-25Our passage today continues to set guidelines for submission to authority, and specifically this portion zeros-in on how servants are to submit to their masters.Verse 1...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 2:13-17 If I could give this passage a title, it would be: Jesus and Politics.Currently, we live in a world of political polarization. If one side made a good decision, the ot...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 2:4-12In our verses today, Peter uses the illustration of stones to describe who Jesus is, who we are, and what God is doing in His Kingdom.1. Jesus is the cornerstone.The cor...  Read More

Today’s Passage: 1 Peter 2:1-3 As we have seen the last couple of days, Peter is writing to a group of people going through a hard time. They are “elect exiles” in the land... social outcasts for thei...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 1:13–25What if the Lord Jesus Christ told you that you would die because of your faith in him? Not only that, but that your death would be preceded by torture and great suffer...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 1:8-12 Peter spends this first chapter reminding his readers of the object of the gospel: the Lord Jesus Christ. While there is great merit in reminiscing on WHAT the gospel i...  Read More

Today's Passage: 1 Peter 1:3-7Why do the words “living hope” matter in this text? We sing about Jesus being our living hope and often use that language when speaking about our faith, but do we truly g...  Read More