Nov 30, 2017
There’s not a pastor alive, who is in his right mind, who wants to take on the topic of women’s clothing or how they dress. It is a mine field littered with devastatingly dangerous traps that could spell disaster for even the most well-meaning pastor. But in the opening verses of 1 Peter 3, Peter is going to...
Nov 29, 2017
Nobody in their right mind likes to suffer. Normal people don’t wake up in the morning hoping that their day is full of pain, suffering and trials. But as Peter continues to elaborate on the Christian life, he is going to stress the undeniable and inescapable reality of suffering. In verses 18-25 of 1 Peter 2, he is...
Nov 28, 2017
What is the Christian’s relationship to earthly governments to look like? That is what Peter brings up in verses 13-17 of 1 Peter 2. And what he has to say may be a bit surprising to some of us. I’ve entitled this episode, “Submit Like It” because Peter is going to continue his call for believers to live out...
Nov 27, 2017
If we are children of God, shouldn’t we behave like it? Peter seems to think so. In 1 Peter 2:9-12, we will hear Peter reminding his readers that they have a remarkable new identity in Christ Because of their faith in Christ, they have been changed and given new responsibilities within the Kingdom of God. They have...
Nov 26, 2017
In today’s episode, entitled, “Build Like It”, Peter is going to use a construction metaphor to get across his point that our lives are to exhibit a transformation. We are part of a master building plan designed by God Himself. We are not just individual works in process, we are parts of a greater whole, a...