November 1 – 2 Peter 2:1–10

Back to all discussion guides → November 1 – 2 Peter 2:1–10 Main Focus: Not everyone who speaks for God actually speaks from God. In this section of the letter, Peter engages in a polemic against the false teachers, using biblical analogies to do so. Just as...

October 25 – 2 Peter 1:12-21

Back to all discussion guides → October 25 – 2 Peter 1:12-21 Main Focus: Faith is sustained not by novelty but by remembering the trustworthy story of Jesus. Verses 12-21 is about Peter contrasting the truth about Christ as revealed by God with the falsehood of...

October 18 – 2 Peter 1:1-11

Back to all discussion guides → October 18 – 2 Peter 1:1-11 Main Focus: Participating in God’s transforming work every day Peter, as an apostle of Jesus Christ, is writing to those who have a faith of equal standing, showing that all believers share equal...

October 11 – Psalm 118

Back to all discussion guides → October 11 – Psalm 118 Main Focus: Making gratitude a habit Psalm 118 calls on all of God’s people to praise the Lord for his steadfast love, and then moves to what seems to be a personal testimony of God’s rescue from distress,...

October 4 – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13

Back to all discussion guides → October 4 – 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13 Main Focus: Work is an act of worship In this passage, Paul instructs the Thessalonian community to exercise church discipline on those refusing to work. Although there is nothing in 1 or 2...

September 27 – John 15:1-17

Back to all discussion guides → September 27 – John 15:1-17 Main Focus: Learning to abide in Jesus This is the last of Jesus’ seven I am sayings in this Gospel. The vinedresser refers back to Isaiah’s first vineyard song, where God is depicted as tending his...