Humble Shepherds and Sheep (1 Pet 5:2-4)
The key quality to a healthy church is humility, and Peter tells three groups in these verses how humility must be manifested. For the elder team, the spiritual leaders of each church, humility is demonstrated through shepherding God’s sheep.
Read MoreElders: Parents of the Church Family (1 Pet 5:1)
Under the headship of Christ, a father seeks to lead his home according to the Word of God and by the power of the Spirit and under the headship of Christ, an eldership seeks to lead a local church according to the Word of God and by the power of the Spirit.
Read MoreWhen Life Heats Up – Part 2 (1 Pet 4:12-19)
Trials, difficulties, pressures, even suffering come in all different forms, and Peter wants you prepared.
Read MoreWhat If There Were No Resurrection? (1 Cor 15:12-19) Part II
How do you answer life’s key questions if there’s no God? Who am I, if there’s no God?
Read MoreWhen Life Heats Up (1 Pet 4:12-19)
How would you respond internally, and how should we respond as a church family, when our members are being killed for their faith–Peter seeks to equip his readers and all of us to stand firm.
Read MoreYour Ministry – Get in the Game (1 Pet 4:10-11)
In the Church, there are three kinds of people–those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who don’t know what’s happening. Which one are you?
Read MoreLiving in Light of the End (1 Pet 4:7-9)
The audience Peter writes in His first letter was facing potential death from persecution, so moved by the Spirit of God the apostle Peter now tells them and you how He wants you to live with the finish line in sight.
Read MoreSquaring Off with the Other Side (1 Pet 4:4-6)
The Bible says we’re in a spiritual battle–all who live godly are going to suffer and be persecuted, and genuine Christians are called to be soldiers who stay on duty.
Read MoreGear Up for Battle! (1 Pet 4:1-3)
As Christians, Peter now teaches us we should be armed with a Christ-like Gospel mindset that we might fulfill our purpose–to willingly suffer for Christ because Christ suffered for us.
Read MoreThe Secret to a Quiet Life
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Read MoreVictory Through Suffering and Death, part 2 (1 Pet 3:18-22)
Christ has gone before us and shown us—victory is ours. The main point of these verses is unjust suffering and death for the believer results in victory because Christ’s unjust suffering and death led to great victory.
Read MoreVictory Through Suffering and Death (1 Pet 3:18-22)
Christ suffered and died unjustly but was victorious and won. Jesus Christ is the only person who has ever lived who didn’t deserve to suffer or die.
Read MoreHelps Against a HOSTILE Planet, part 2 (1 Pet 3:13-17)
How should you act when you’re experiencing suffering? How does Jesus want you to react when you’re treated unjustly?
Read MoreChristine
Though moral and calling herself a Christian, Christine came to realize that she was more sinful than she ever thought. And then she found that Jesus loved her more than she ever knew!
Read MoreHelps against a Hostile Planet, part 1 (1 Pet 3:13-17)
Christ was beaten, suffered, was under the thumb of the Jewish leaders and Roman authorities, then killed on a cross. And though it looks like Christ lost, He actually won.
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