Peter Richardson Part 2 “Out Of Darkness into Light”

In the second part of the interview, Canadian Armed Forces member Peter Richardson shares how he transitioned from the Kingdom of Darkness to the Kingdom of Light and sustains his faith as a soldier attending Oromocto Baptist Church. He keeps Bibles with him everywhere—including in a pistol case in his car—engages daily with Scripture, and prays the Psalms to stay close to Christ, viewing the Word as his spiritual weapon. Raised in a Christian home with believing parents and brother, he notes relational friction with non-believing family members who preferred his former self, responding by authentically living out his faith, praying for them daily, and trusting God as the Good Shepherd. Military life’s uncertainties have taught him reliance on divine provision—often at the last moment, like the parting of the Red Sea—while workplace challenges include pervasive profanity, culture shifts, and pressure to affirm unbiblical lifestyles such as LGBTQ ideologies; he counters these by respecting all people as image-bearers of God, refusing to compromise truth, and working “heartily as for the Lord” as both employee and leader who also tends to others spiritually. His desk Bible opens faith conversations, where he advises listening empathetically twice as much as speaking, and he maintains an adaptable early-morning devotional routine of prayer and Scripture reading in a distraction-free space (often with a physical Bible in airplane mode) to prioritize God before the day’s demands take over, remaining flexible even on deployments to avoid mechanical ritual.