This Sunday we will look at 1 Peter 4:12-19, as we talk about "Hope and Suffering." Until Jesus returns, suffering is going to be a reality for us. The question is not if we will suffer, but when. It comes in many shapes and sizes, but it comes. But here is good news: It will not last! If we know Jesus, we are going to have forever with him. These trials are only for a m...

This Sunday we will be in 1 Peter 4:7-11, as we talk about "Hope and the Church." Read over this text in preparation for Sunday it is a beautiful picture of the Body of Christ. What kind of church do we want to be? Let's talk about it this Sunday. As we prepare for the 2019-2020 church year, I am super excited about what God is doing, and about what he is going to do, i...

This Sunday, as we begin chapter 4 of 1 Peter, we will look at 1 Peter 4:1-6 and talk about "Hope and Time." The Bible tells us to be "making the most of the time, because the days are evil" (Ephesians 5:16). As we have seen in the past week with multiple mass shootings in our nation, there is indeed much evil at work in this fallen world. That's why God tells us as his p...