Our sermon series, The Letters of Peter, continues. Some of the themes and titles for this sermon series are based on the book Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis.

Don’t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: 1 Peter 1:22-2:8.

We are not meant to live the Christian life alone. As spiritual exiles, we need a strong connection to a community of faith. Peter calls us “living stones” that are being built into a “spiritual house.” God knows each one of us uniquely but he also “builds us together” into something greater than ourselves. Christian community is characterized by two particular things:

Do you have a question about today’s sermon? Email Randy Forrester ([email protected]).

Our sermon series, The Letters of Peter, continues. Some of the themes and titles for this sermon series are based on the book Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis.

Don’t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: 1 Peter 1:13-21

Living hope is a gift of God given to us through Jesus Christ. But to walk in this hope we must practice what is commanded by Scripture. Peter identifies three practices that cultivate a lifestyle of hope:

Do you have a question about today’s sermon? Email Randy Forrester ([email protected]).

Today we start a new sermon series, The Letters of Peter. The titles in the sermon series are based on the book Everyday Church: Gospel Communities on Mission by Tim Chester and Steve Timmis.

Don’t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: 1 Peter 1:1 – 12; John 16:31 – 33

Do you have a question about today’s sermon? Email Steve Wood ([email protected]).

Christian Service forms us through:

Don’t just take our word for it . . . take His! We would encourage you to spend time examining the following Scriptures that shaped this sermon: 2 Corinthians 3:4–9; Mark 7:31–37.

2 Corinthians reveals Paul encountering one of his “problem child” churches in a moment when they badly needed comfort. His encouragement to them—and simultaneously his corrective to the few among them who slandered his ministry and message—has been crystallized in the words of the late Anglican theologian, J.I. Packer: “Weakness is the way.”

Taking 2 Corinthians 3:5 as our window into Paul’s message, this sermon considers three diagnostic questions, to help us discern if Paul’s comforting message about the sufficiency of God has penetrated our hearts.

Do you have a question about today’s sermon? Email Sam Fornecker ([email protected]).

The Why's of Christian Community:

1) Christian Community Integrates

2) Christian Community Includes

3) Christian Community Immerses