October 2, 2018
The term “Christian” has been expanded to include ideas, practices, and even people, who are not “in Christ,” so how do I ensure that I keep growing in my faith? Peter gives a list of seven things that we supplement to our faith. (This recording ends abruptly due to an incident at WCC that day.)
September 25, 2018
All of the gospel is a promise. All of it. So what happens when a doubt sneaks in because we’ve known people who have broken their promises, or who have tried, but couldn’t keep their promises? Is God like that? And what does He promise us? 2 Peter 1:3-4 is still considered the introduction, so this is in a lot of ways just a sneak peek at what the rest of the letter has in store for us.
September 18, 2018
We begin a new series from 2 Peter, “Finding what is true in a world of false;” and in this message we see the foundation Peter lays to ensure we find what is true and cling to it: that we have a genuine faith. So what does genuine faith look like? We might list a number of things that are the fruit of faith, but ultimately we must start by looking at Jesus Christ, the author of our faith.
September 4, 2018
Our culture has done a fine job of softening our fear of the devil… and yet, Peter urges us in his parting words to watch out for him because he is a devouring lion. The reason is because I, as a Christian, want so badly to be like Jesus- but we have an enemy who hates anything that resembles Jesus… So, how do we endure? Our text to close out this study in Peter is 1 Peter 5:8-11.
August 29, 2018
How do we keep from drowning in worry? Not by avoidance, distraction, or anything like those… no, we Christians can only keep from drowning in worry when we keep casting our anxieties upon our Savior who cares for us. Our text is 1 Peter 5:7, but Psalm 55 is a good parallel to read alongside this.
August 21, 2018
You need to listen to this! If you are a person, pride is a problem that we need to pay attention to since “God opposes the proud.” In our text (1 Peter 5:5-6) Peter writes counsel on how to keep pride in check.
August 8, 2018
Often when trouble of any kind finds us we respond with “why me?” as if suffering were something we should run away from at all cost. Yet Peter gives us perspective when it comes to suffering, going so far as to refer to it as a blessing… Why would suffering ever be considered a blessing? We find the answer in 1 Peter 4:12-19
July 25, 2018
A natural progression from following Christ is being a functioning member of Christ’s body… Here, in 1 Peter 4:8-11 we see at least four areas where we can determine whether or not we are functioning members of Christ’s church.
July 18, 2018
What would it look like if we prayed with the expectation that Christ’s return was at hand?
July 12, 2018
After looking at 1 Peter 4:1-2, which deals with ceasing from sin, the following verses chase after the “why”- Why don’t we sin?
