Is our hope worth the cost? When we are faced with doubt and fear, how can we respond? This week, we look at Christ's example and the source of our hope with Pastor Chris. DEFENSIBLE HOPE.

God truly loves us, and if we truly love Him we will love each other and our neighbor. Explore how Peter made this point in his letter and hear Pastor Kevin's appeal for us to step further into loving our Lord, each other, and our neighbor in this week's sermon: EYES FOR ME.

The more the Lord is at the center of our marriage, the more beautiful it will be.

The world should look at the way we suffer as we do good and wonder, just like we look to the cross and wonder. Explore this call in Pastor Kevin's message about how we follow the example of Christ in SUFFER IN GOOD COMPANY.

It is easy to think of someone we believe is yielding wrongful authority over us as an enemy. Maybe they are, but Peter calls us to submit to and honor every human authority. Where should we take our fight, then? Explore this command in Pastor Kevin's message, WRONG ENEMY.

Can someone or something truly change who we are? Explore what beautiful purpose and calling Peter explains we have as believers in the start of 1 Peter 2.

What did Peter tell us to set our hope fully on? Explore this convicting call in Pastor Tim's sermon as we continue Chosen Exiles.

Peter compared trials we face as followers of Jesus to the process of gold being refined by fire. What does this mean? Is it necessary? Explore this next portion of Peter's letter in Pastor Kevin's message, IF NECESSARY.

Why did Peter call the audience of his first epistle "chosen exiles"? What does this mean for us as we navigate a world trying to pull our allegiance into so many directions? Listen to the first message in our fall series, CHOSEN EXILES.

What is the mission of Beloved Church? As our Lord's Beloved, we love. We give ourselves to loving our Lord, loving each other, and loving our neighbor. Hear this year's annual Connect Sunday message, BE ON MISSION, here.