Randy Petersen

Randy Petersen es un escritor independiente y ex director de contenido de integración de las Escrituras para la American Bible Society. Escritor de más de sesenta libros y cientos de lecciones curriculares de la iglesia, también ha servido a las iglesias como maestro de Biblia, coordinador de grupos pequeños, director de teatro, consultor de predicación y lanzador de softbol.

Writer of more than sixty books and hundreds of church curriculum lessons, Randy Petersen has served churches as a Bible teacher, small-groups coordinator, drama director, preaching consultant and softball pitcher.

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March 1st, 2017

2 Lessons from the Ephesian Church: Love and Struggle

Randy Petersen

A popular TV drama follows different generations of a family in different times. Its fascinating to see the history of relationships, the roots of conflict, and underlying issues that keep surfacing over the years. We find a similar story in the New Testament, as we follow the progress ...

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September 6th, 2016

Do You Ever Talk About the Bible?

Randy Petersen

The last place I heard Scripture quoted was in a laundromat. He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord, said a middle-aged woman as she folded childrens clothes. In an animated conversation with another woman, she was complaining about her ex-husband, ...

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August 16th, 2016

Have You Read the Arts Section of the Bible?

Randy Petersen

You might call it the Arts Section of the Bible. Five books, smack dab in the center, that follow their own rules. Some call them Wisdom Literature, or the Writings, or the Poetic Books, but nothing else in Scripture is quite like this collection. The Psalms, of course, ...

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August 9th, 2016

How to Learn from Wise Women in the Bible

Randy Petersen

We each must die and disappear like water poured out on the ground. But God doesnt take our lives. Instead, he figures out ways of bringing us back when we run away (2 Sam 14:14 CEV). With these words, a woman courageously challenged King David to bring back ...

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June 19th, 2016

5 Ways My Dad Helped Me Love the Bible

Randy Petersen

What does the Bible say about families? We never did well with family devotions, and I think Dad felt guilty about that. Church leaders kept telling us that it was crucial for a Christian home to have such a regular household gathering. We agreed with the principle, but we were ...

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June 17th, 2016

What is the Biblical Response to Terrorism?

Randy Petersen

O LORD, how long must I call for help before you listen, before you save us from violence? Why do you make me see such trouble? How can you stand to look on such wrongdoing? Destruction and violence are all around me, and there is fighting and quarreling everywhere ...

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May 10th, 2016

3 Helpful Questions to Engage with Any Bible Passage

Randy Petersen

Youre sitting down for some much-needed Bible study. You really want to dig into a passage, but where do you start? You read the text and ask for a divine download of inspiration. But what then? Or maybe youve gathered with a group of Christian friends to study ...

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March 29th, 2016

How Do You Begin to Engage the Bible?

Randy Petersen

Were engaged! My friend waved her left hand, now adorned with a small diamond. Congratulations were offered. There was some shrieking and jumping. And I began to think about the word engagement. We all know what it means. My friend has promised to marry her boyfriend. ...

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