The danger of Satanic counterfeiting that was in the back of Peter’s mind when he penned the passage which has occupied this blog for the last few weeks, 2 Peter 1:5-7.  In this post we continue to consider the phrase in verse 6, and (supply) in your perseverance...

Satan is the great liar and deceiver.  The most effective lies always have an element of truth in them.  In line with this Satan is the great counterfeiter, and you know that counterfeiting always requires something of real, substantial value to make it...

One of the dangers that Christians face, especially as they get older, is the danger of becoming too comfortable in the world.  They become unaccustomed to suffering, trial, and affliction for the sake of Christ and the gospel.  They forget perhaps the suffering and...

In previous posts I have answered two of the three questions about the self-control which Peter says must be supplied into knowledge in 2 Peter 1:5-7: Why must knowledge be supplied with self-control? and What is the self-control with which knowledge must be...

In the previous post I noted that we must answer three questions about the self-control which Peter says must be supplied into knowledge in 2 Peter 1:5-7.  We already answered the first:  Why must knowledge be supplied with self-control?  Here I take up the second...

Do you want the male version or the female version?  Have you ever heard that question?  Or perhaps you have yourself asked that question.  You know the difference between the male and female versions of a story. Take the simple question: Did you go to...