Passage: 1 Peter 5:1-10

FCF: We believe that the community is hierarchical.

CRP: Christ calls us to unity in the body where we love one another well.

MBI: Life in Community

Five Big Questions:

1. What do you like or what do you think is important?
   
2. What do you not like or don’t understand?
   
3. What do you learn about God?
   
4. What do you learn about people?
   
5. How do you think we need to respond?
   
   

We explore 1 Peter 4:12-19

FCF: We believe that suffering is meaningless and unique.

CRP: Suffering is normal and unites us with Christ.

MBI: Good Times Around the Bend

Five Big Questions:

1. What do you like or what do you think is important?
   
2. What do you not like or don’t understand?
   
3. What do you learn about God?
   
4. What do you learn about people?
   
5. How do you think we need to respond?
   

Passage: 1 Peter 4:1-11

FCF: We struggle with a dissonance from the voices that call us to live self-centered lives.

CRP: Christ calls us to live a life that is not rooted in self-centeredness but one of love.

MBI: Through Christ’s Eyes

Five Big Questions:

1. What do you like or what do you think is important?
   
2. What do you not like or don’t understand?
   
3. What do you learn about God?
   
4. What do you learn about people?
   
5. How do you think we need to respond?
   

We explore 1 Peter 3:8-22

We put the wraps on our study of James. 

This week we look at the issue of patience and how it's framed with a farmer and prophet. 

We continue in James and look at the condemnation of the rich. 

In this week's podcast we explore James 4:1-11