Following the command for us to be in submission to our human government, Peter turns his attention to servants. This is a challenging passage, but the heart of it is…
In these few verses, St. Peter distills the whole message of Isaiah 53, that the Messiah would suffer in our place and for our sins. Peter says four things about…
These two verses bring to a close the opening part of Peter’s letter. The focus from 1:3-2:10 is all on our identity in Christ as those who have been born…
There are many different metaphors that the Bible uses to describe Jesus. In this passage, Peter says that Jesus is a living stone (jewell), that is chosen and precious, and…
Peter was with Jesus at His Last Supper when Jesus gave a New Commandment, "that as I have loved you, you love one another." Now Peter repeats Jesus' command for…
Building on the call to be holy as our Father is holy, Peter commands us to live in reverence to the Father. Why? He is the judge and we will…
Suffering is part of life, and even more so the Christian life. But when we suffer we can lose heart. How can we stand firm? Knowing and believing that God…
We are called to praise God for who He is and what He has done. Peter starts his letter with praising God for being the Father of our Lord Jesus…
The parable of the sower is a familiar one. The sower sows seed into 4 different types of soil. Only one produces fruit...and that 100-fold. I only focused on these…
In our fourth and final sermon in this series on the Bible and why we are Protestant, we delve into the question of authority. As Protestants in the Anglican tradition,…