Last week’s Big Idea carries over to today: Big Idea: The World Works Better When Creation Submits to God’s Order Big Idea: Marriage Works Better When Creation Submits to God’s Order Last week: Subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution (even when they are evil, unless we are called upon…

Big Idea: The World Works Better When Creation Submits to God’s Order This is true even in a fallen world. God’s people are called to submit to the structures they are under. This is a precept that should be held highly. For those seeking to live a life worthy of their calling, part of our calling is…

Recap Chapter 1: Peter writing to a church facing challenges such as persecution, so he urges them to stand strong. Jesus is our example. Believers are reminded of the rich inheritance awaiting them, so they have hope. The message throughout the letter is to trust in the Lord and live obediently to him,…

Message 2: Set your hope Fully Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling…

The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet saw. O Lord , how long shall I cry for help, and you will not hear? Or cry to you “Violence!” and you will not save? Why do you make me see iniquity, and why do you idly look at wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; strife and contention arise. So the law…

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord , “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.” For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the deadly pestilence. He will cover you with his pinions, and under his…

Holiness, Sanctification, and Mission Behold, a day is coming for the Lord , when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. For I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and the city shall be taken and the houses plundered and the women raped. Half of the city shall go…

Refined by Fire The Good News of a Murdered Man The news of a murder is almost always bad news, but: Big Idea: We have salvation because an innocent man died. The Good Shepherd takes the punishment for the bad The ones God loves He refines by fire The ones refined call His name Charlie Kirk: A faithful…

“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord…

Biblical Leadership and Biblical Following Big Idea: Leaders must value their followers; Followers must value their leaders I want to talk for a moment about slavery. Do you know that slavery still exists today? Slavery and Human Trafficking is an industry in our world that is alive and well. Of course,…

Prophetic Perfect Big Idea: What God says He will do is as good as done. Questions to ask ourselves: Do we put idols over God? Do People say “God is with them” about us? Are we strong in the Lord and walk in His name? In my study for our passage, I was reminded of a somewhat uncommon grammatical term…

It’s Still All About Jesus Big Idea: The greatest enemies of God have access to the greatest gift of God. God has grace towards His enemies Our window of opportunity is open - for now The promise is for all who receive Christ What if America’s greatest enemies were given citizenship? Suppose our nations…

Who Do You Say I Am? God proves His love for us in the gifts He gives He Gives Us His Image He Gives Us His Salvation He Gives Us Provision He Gives Us Proven Weapons He Gives Us Hope Westminster Catechism: Man’s Chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy Him forever. Glorify God, enjoy Him forever. Glorify…

Better than Restored I’ve spoken before about our tendency to think nostalgically. A remembrance of the ‘good old days’. Some of us are nostalgic about good old days from before we were ever born. Maybe we see a movie or a TV show like Bonanza or The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie. We think that…

Basket Case Big Idea: A Holy People Must Be Rid of Wickedness (We can either get carried away with our wickedness, or let the Lord carry away our wickedness) Wickedness was our nature Wickedness can be contained Wickedness will be expelled Wicked! Wicked is a word that in some parts of the country means…

Undoing the Curse Big Idea: Our sin brings a curse from God, but there is One who breaks the curse. If you've ever read fairy tales or other fantasy literature or watched princess movies, then you are familiar with what we consider to be a curse and also with the striving to find a way to thwart the…

“Rejoice with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all you who love her; rejoice with her in joy, all you who mourn over her; that you may nurse and be satisfied from her consoling breast; that you may drink deeply with delight from her glorious abundance.” For thus says the Lord : “Behold, I will extend…

What Who Grace Is Do you know who said the following? “When our Lord and Master, Jesus Christ, said "Repent", He called for the entire life of believers to be one of repentance.” Martin Luther’s 95 theses, that shook the world, began with this. All the other theses were dependent on it. All of his points…

The Apple of God’s Eye Two Big Ideas: Don’t measure to see what God is limited to, He is not limited by our small visions We are to respond to our redemption by breaking free from our bondage And I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand! Then I said, “Where are you…

Does not wisdom call? Does not understanding raise her voice? On the heights beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand; beside the gates in front of the town, at the entrance of the portals she cries aloud: “To you, O men, I call, and my cry is to the children of man. “The Lord possessed…