What Happened to Peter After Acts 12?: A Brief Biography of Peter’s Life After the Bible Stops Following Him by Wyatt Graham

I appreciate short biographical sketches, so I’m grateful Wyatt Graham provides one on the Apostle Peter. “The Apostle Peter plays a central role in the Gospel books and Acts until Acts 12. From that point on, Peter takes a backseat role in the story of the New Testament. So what happened to Peter at the end of his story? In this brief article, I fill in the picture of Peter’s life after Acts 12 to help complete the portrait of this apostle’s life.”

Life Will Not Get Easier by Stephen Witmer

This is a helpful reminder: life will not get easier, so we should learn how to endure hardship to the glory of God. Stephen Witmer helps us here. “There’s a lie we all want to believe — even against all available evidence. It trades on our God-given capacity for hope. It tempts even those with impeccable theology. It lures us in and then leaves us in the lurch. It goes like this: ‘Life will get easier if I just make it past this current challenge.'”

It’s OK to be a Christian Conservative by Andrew Walker

There’s no reason to feel ashamed of being a politically conservative Christian. “It is really OK to be a politically conservative Christian and not be embarrassed about it. Just own it. Maybe, after all, I am just a second-generation card-carrying member of the Religious Right. Many of us need a permission slip to say this out loud because, for a very long time, we were told this fusion of faith and politics was “idolatrous” at worst and, at best, unattractive to those we were trying to see come to faith.”

The Clarity of Scripture by Mark D. Thompson

Our wise Heavenly Father has provided us with a book that can be read, studied, and understood. Praise the Lord! “Our confession of the clarity of Scripture reflects our confidence that God is good and wise and powerful. He wants us to understand what he has to say to us, he knows how to say it in a way that we can understand, and he is able to overcome every barrier to our understanding.”

Don’t Scratch that Itch: I know It’s Tempting by Brittany Allen

I really enjoyed this short article by Brittany Allen. “What is your itch? I know for me it’s spending money I don’t have, addiction to my phone, and often having a grumpy disposition (Kinda like Bilbo). I don’t know what your flavor of sin is, but I’m pleading with myself and with you…Don’t scratch the itch.”