How to Prepare for the End of the World (1 Peter 4:7-11)
In God’s grand plan to redeem humanity, all the major events except one have been completed … We’re in the final stretch and may, at any moment, round a corner and be gathered up into His heavenly kingdom for eternity … Let’s run the last few miles well.
God Made Us to Bless Us (1 Peter 3:9, 12)
It seems to me that one of the most important questions we can ask is this: Why did God make us? What was His purpose in creating the human race?…Peter gives the answer in simplest terms: God made us to bless us.
Don’t Fight Against Yourself (1 Peter 2:11)
There’s a war between sin and righteousness going on inside each of us. And there’s a predictable sequence that will result in our defeat… Peter knows by personal experience about the war within, and he urges us to stop carrying the enemy’s ammunition.
Learning the Great Value of Tested Faith (1 Peter 1:6-7)
We need God all the time…but we don’t always feel our need for Him. We imagine that we’re OK without Him. So, He graciously provides trying circumstances in which our need becomes obvious, sometimes painfully obvious.
The Gospel According to Mephibosheth
Paul Harvey once told the story of “The Man and the Birds (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddai8rkXWRs ).” It’s about a man who wanted to help a flock of birds, caught in a snowstorm, get into the safety of his warm barn. He tried to shoo them…he tried to catch them…he tried to lead them with a trail of […]
