As the spiritual war around us rages on, we must remember that we have an enemy to resist, a brotherhood to remember, and a final victory to anticipate. God is with us in the battle!
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Not many of us are eager to develop the virtue of humility, but it is essential to the Christian life. Join us this morning as we explore what it truly means to be humble and then commit ourselves to embracing this unwanted virtue in our daily lives.
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…
“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.”
“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…
When we suffer well, as Jesus did, we will accomplish God’s will. Join us today as we remind ourselves of Peter’s teaching about what it looks like to suffer well, and what good we will accomplish for God if we do.