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…
Having just been told that the gospel is the means that we have been born again to love another, Peter commands us to keep "yearning" for the gospel. This is…
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…
In verse 13 of chapter one, the Apostle Peter begins to shift from our identity in Christ to how we should live. Building on everything that God has done for…
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…
Our Bishop Ken Ross was with us this past weekend and preached from the Epistle Lesson of 1 Corinthians 13, commonly called "the Love chapter." As we head into Lent,…
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 one of His well known parables, Jesus says there are only two types of people: the righteous and the unrighteous. Sometimes it can be difficult to tell the difference,…
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,…
Building upon last week's sermon on the Bible is how God tells us who He is, in which we covered Revelation and Inspiration, today we covered this fact, that the…
How can we know God? Is it even possible? On one side is the fact that God is so wholly different than us, He is unknowable. But this is coupled…
Part 1 of our series on the Bible, answering the question of “Why We are Protestant?” The Bible is ONE story and it is all about Jesus. The story is…
The eternal Son of God left His heavenly family to be born into an earthly family so that we who only know an imperfect, earthly family might be adopted into…
In the last of the 6 conversations that God has with His people, He tells them that what they are saying about Him is hard on HIm. While God has…
The walk through Malachi is a series of heart checks for us in our relationship with God. When it comes to how we handle money, Jesus said this is a…
A common question that many of us have at one time or another is "why do people living ungodly lives seem to have such a good life?" In the fourth…
The third conversation God has with Israel is directed to the people. They are being unfaithful to Him and the Covenant by being unfaithful in marriage. This is seen in…
After leading with His faithful, covenantal love for His people in the first 5 verse of Malachi, now Yahweh God brings forth the many different ways that they are being…