Pastors need to remember that God has called them to do the work of shepherding God’s people and exercising oversight over them. This important work must be done in a way that honors their Chief Shepherd, Jesus, and mimics his love and care for His people. In the end, under-shepherds do their work out of…
When we feel the heat of unjust suffering, Peter wants us to remember that God has a plan for those trials and that He will reward us for going through them well. We also need to know that those who are hurting us will be judged. Ultimately we must entrust ourselves to our Faithful Creator…
The Christian claim that Jesus rose from the dead is certainly hard to believe. But what if it really did happen? What would that mean for us? What implications would it have for everyday life? Join us this Easter morning as we try to answer this question from the Scriptures.
At first glance, the events of the first Palm Sunday are a bit strange to 21st century American eyes. Join us today as we investigate what we can learn about Jesus and His mission from the first “Palm Sunday.”
“If our ultimate purpose is to make sure that God is glorified in everything, we will discover very quickly that the only way we can adequately do that is together as the family of God. Join us this morning as we wrestle with Peter’s guidance of how to go about doing that.”
A practical message from a familiar verse of Scripture – about handing off your worry to someone who cares. . .
“Suffering well” as Peter describes in 2:13-4:1 has an unexpected side benefit to us as followers of Jesus: it helps us to live for God’s mission instead of just for the passing pleasures of sin. It does so by changing the way we think about what’s important, which changes our behavior and better prepares us…