The Bible is full of riddles. Jesus was a classic proponent of them: “This is why I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.” Matthew 13:13. Part of the reason that God’s truth is so confusing is that the logic that is used by God in the Bible is often the reverse of what we would expect; it is counter-intuitive.
Australian Idols
Culture at War - Marketing vs. Psychology
A Cure for Anxiety
Shame and Honour
Change + The Unchanging One
Pokemon Go & Faith
Guest Appearance on Redemption Walk Podcast
The Proverbs & Loitering
All that glitters is not gold. Pete looks at common proverbs and helps us to understand the way they help us.
The Proverbs & Trust in The Lord
All that glitters is not gold. Pete looks at common proverbs and helps us to understand the way they help us.
Freed From and To
As a slave, freedom means you aren't simply freed from something, but also freed to something.
The Proverbs
Resisting Temptation
Parenting Moments - Proactive and Reactive Moments
Parenting Moments - Angry Moments
Driven by Shame - to Jesus
Inception and Aftermath
Shame Exposed
Shame plays a key role in shaping human behaviour, yet most of the time we don't notice it's effects because we find it difficult to identify. Peter helps us to identify shame and see the deep remedy to it that is offered to us by Jesus.
Shaped By Shame
Shame shapes far too many of us. It’s the invading sense of worthlessness, inferiority, rejection, weakness, humiliation, and failure. Our response to it is to find whatever way that we can to get away from others and hide. Everyone knows what it is like to live in the aftermath of the shame. The way out, however, is harder to find.
Shame drives people to implement many defence mechanisms in the hope that one of them will be able to effectively deal with it; yet none of them actually do.