Passage: 1 Peter 1:3-12 Last week as we began our study in this passage, we focused on the fact that joyful faith sustains us in this life as we considered the joy we should have in our salvation. This week, we finish our study and we see two additional aspects of a joyful faith that […]

Passage: 1 Peter 1:3-12 Peter’s key theme in this text is that the Christian life should be one of tremendous joy resulting in praise to God. In one long and complex sentence in the original Greek, Peter declares that God is to be blessed and praised for His work of redemption. As recipients of that […]

Passage: 1 Peter 1:1-2 Today, we begin a new sermon series in the book of 1 Peter entitled STAND FIRM. First Peter was written to Christians just like you and me who were struggling as they were being marginalized by their society, alienated in their relationships, and threatened with the loss of their honor and […]