Category Archives: Rightly Dividing

Ten Key Principles for Difficult Questions

God could have provided a systematic textbook full of propositional statements answering our questions, but He didn’t do that. God is not merely a system of knowledge. Continue reading →

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Rightly Using I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part Five

When you “believe in something,” when you are a man of courage and integrity, people will know it. They will know you have something real, something solid, something they don’t have…. Continue reading →

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Rightly Using I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part Four

When we sin, the god we hold in our hearts is a false one, an idol of our own making. Continue reading →

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Misusing I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part Three

The Holy Spirit is your readiness, the only readiness you will ever have or ever need. Continue reading →

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Misusing I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part Two

As Peter’s readers face a fiery trial, the Holy Spirit guides him to give a message that says, “Courage, dear hearts! The Lord is on our side! Fear Him, and Him alone.” Continue reading →

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Misusing I Peter 3:15 — “Be Ready Always” — Part One

Modern Western Christians need to stop murdering this verse for our own purposes. We may not be that far from needing its real meaning. Continue reading →

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Perishing Without Vision

Proverbs 29:18 “Where there is no vision, the people perish: but he that keepeth the law, happy is he.” This verse also gets “used and abused.” Continue reading →

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