How do you know that you are growing as a Christian? How can you avoid “growing old as a Christian” without “growing up in Christ”? These questions are not meant to judge but to evaluate one’s journey toward spiritual maturity.   Read More

The principle of submission directly relates to the example and person of Christ (1 Peter 2:21-25), who compels believers to submit to one another in godly obedience. Whether we submit to authority in the government, the workplace, or marriage, Christians should remember that we represent Christ before a watching world.  Read More

In this second major of 1 Peter—the longest of the three—Peter exhorts his readers to continue to live for Christ despite living as strangers in a strange land (1 Pet 2:13—4:11).  Read More

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith  Read More

Peter offers some vital thoughts on unity within the body of Christ—a unity that can be weakened and shattered amid suffering and loss of hope.  Read More

Beginning with 1 Peter 1:13, the apostle Peter offers an actionable to-do list for godly people to prevail in an ungodly world.  Read More