As we continue to read in Peter’s letter, we see him being to explore our intentional actions and belief’s regarding God’s salvation through Jesus. Peter lays out how salvation was being explored. When Peter speaks that the prophets “searched intently” he is speaking of a process of intense exploration. Much like a 1st century CSI […]
It was common in the first century of what the Jews expected of the Messiah. They expected a Superman-like person who would come to free them from earthly bonds. Peter confronted these misconceptions with people wherever he went. When we look at the language that Peter uses at the beginning of this letter. He refers to God […]
We begin our study of 1 Peter. Peter was writing in an area of modern Turkey, or back then was called Asia Minor. This letter was not written specifically to a single person, but to a group of people. Peter did not write this letter thinking we would be talking about it 2000 years later, […]
We are going to being a series where we will walk through 1 Peter. The book takes place in an area what is now lower Turkey. Christians were spread out during that time, and Peter will ask, “Who are we? And why do we go through these things?” Today we will start in the book […]
We continue with our discussion of our foundation of faith. Faith does not bring into existence that what is real, but reveals that which already exists. Today, just as James saw in his day, we have groups of people who will declare their “faith”. But Satan is very clever. He knows that if he can […]
As we reflect of those people who cared for us and raised us, it is fitting that we reflect the great influence of our mothers. We set aside one day a year to show our mothers what their contribution means to each of us. In 2 Timothy, we see Paul mentioning the Timothy’s grandmother and […]
What are some of the ways that people describe themselves? Job, hobbies, likes, dislikes… As Christians we describe ourselves first by our relationship with Jesus. In Philippians, Paul understood that it was a mature person that realizes that it is the pressing on in relationship with Jesus that continues to define us. Almost everyone has […]
Jesus is Lord!!! It is interesting the reactions from those who refuse the resurrection of Jesus. The simplest is that the resurrection was fabricated, that the body was stolen, or to the extreme that the disciples were hallucinating. Some say that Jesus never died in the first place. But the Bible, with thousands of ancient […]
This upcoming Thursday we are going to meet for a communion service. As part of this service, we start with foot washing. This is something we absolutely do not make a requirement, but for those who wish to participate it becomes a humbling experience. We see in 0 the description of when Jesus washes his disciples’ […]
In a couple of weeks, we will be coming together as believers to participate in communion. While it doesn’t have “magical” powers, but we do put importance in the meaning of the elements, or. What are symbols we have around us? The American flag can be seen as a strong symbol of our country. Road […]