November 2 2 Peter 1:12-21 (ESV) 12 Therefore I intend always to remind you of these qualities, though you know them and are established in the truth that you have. 13 I think it right, as long as I am in this body, [1] to stir you up by way of reminder, 14 since I know that the putting [...]
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November 2 2 Peter 1:12-21
Posted: November 2, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Bible Passages, November Bible ReadingsTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 2 2 Peter 1:12-21, November Bible Readings, Scripture
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Power and Promises
Posted: November 1, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Dr. John Piper, Power and Promises, Scripture
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having [...]
November 1 2 Peter 1:1-11
Posted: November 1, 2011 by Pam Larson in 2 PeterTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, November 1 2 Peter 1:1-11, November Bible Readings, Scripture
November 1 2 Peter 1:1-11 (ESV) Greeting 1:1 Simeon [1] Peter, a servant [2] and apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who have obtained a faith of equal standing with ours by the righteousness of our God and Savior Jesus Christ: 2 May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our [...]
Some things in the Bible are just HARD to understand!
Posted: November 7, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, Scripture
John Piper concludes his sermon series in 2 Peter 3: ….even though Scripture is inspired, it is not all easy to understand. Verse 16: “There are some things in them hard to understand.” I would love to preach an hour on the implications of that sentence; but since I don’t have time, here is an [...]
THIS WORLD CAN’T STAND LONG
Posted: November 6, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Bob Dylan, daily Bible, Scripture, THIS WORLD CAN'T STAND LONG
Bob Dylan, based on 2 Peter3:3-7 3 knowing this first of all, that scoffers will come in the last days with scoffing, following their own sinful desires. 4 They will say, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all things are continuing as they were from the beginning of creation.” [...]
Are you a slave?
Posted: November 5, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Are you a slave?, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, freedopm in Christ, John, Scripture, slave
Are you a slave? You are if you can’t seem to break free from harmful emotions or sinful patterns in your life. Jesus said, “Everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin” (John 8:34, ESV). .In the passage for today, Peter says, “For whatever overcomes a person, to that he is enslaved” (2 Peter 2:19). You’re enslaved if [...]
Mark Driscoll on Doctrine From False Teachers
Posted: November 4, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, doctrine, Doctrine From False Teachers, Mark Driscoll, Mark Driscoll on Doctrine From False Teachers, Mars Hill Church Seattle, Scripture, sheep and wolves, theology
Click here for “Doctrine From False Teachers Part 2″, a sermon from Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill Church, based in 2 Peter 2:10-16
Piper: 2 Peter 2 is a warning, a crack of the whip over our heads
Posted: November 3, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, daily Bible, Dr. John Piper, false shepherds, false teaching, Piper: 2 Peter 2 is a warning a crack of the whip over our heads, Scripture, Warning
John Piper, in an introduction to a sermon on 2 Peter 1, “Destruction is not Sleeping” And now comes chapter 2, and a very significant change in Peter’s approach. I say a change in his approach, not his goal. His goal is still to make us firm and stable and unshakable in our faith. But [...]
Bible: not fables, myths, or merely parables, but they are matters of actual fact.
Posted: November 2, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, daily Bible, God's Word, Scripture, Truth
2 Peter 1:16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. Charles H. Spurgeon: There is need in these perilous times to come back to such an elementary truth as this. The truths taught [...]
Spurgeon: The Foundation of Our Faith
Posted: November 2, 2010 by Pam Larson in 2 Peter, Devotionals/Commentaries, NovemberTags: 2 Peter, Bible, Bible daily, Bible reading, Bible study, Charles Spurgeon, daily Bible, foundation of our faith, inerrancy, inspiration, Scripture, To tamper with inspiration is to tamper with the heart of true religion.
C.H.Spurgeon comments on 2 Peter 1:21 So that they sometimes spoke what they did not themselves understand; the prophecy carried its own key within itself, and the key could not be found until the prophecy was fulfilled. I believe that the prophesies in the Revelation, and in the books of Daniel and Ezekiel are very [...]
