Jesus called himself the Good Shepherd and he shows us the example of the shepherding gifting. We look at his words in John 10 and the characteristics of the shepherd in this episode.

Focusing on the gifting of the evangelist, in this episode we look at Jesus displaying the characteristics of an evangelist in Luke ⁠4:16⁠-19.

In this episode, we look at the role of the Prophet that Paul lists in Ephesians 4. We see Jesus embody this role in Matthew 23 when speaking with the Pharisees. What are the characteristics of a prophet? How do we lean into those gifted as prophets within the body of Christ?

In this episode, we look at the role of the Apostle that Paul lists in Ephesians 4. How does Jesus embody the role? What are the characteristics of an apostle? How do we lean into those gifted as apostles?

In 1 Peter 5, Peter encourages believers to lead like Jesus by demonstrating countercultural characteristics.

In 1 Peter 4, Peter talks about how we are called to live as Christians and the ramifications of what happens when we speak as Christians. We are called to live differently.

In light of the cross of Jesus, how do we suffer? Peter encourages early Christians that in their suffering, they are like Jesus and challenges them to act like him in that suffering as well.

Peter's charge to the early Christians was to submission because submission aligned them with Jesus. We see Christ's example of submission to the Father as we head into Holy Week hear this same call to submission for our lives.

Peter reminds the early church that God is building a new kind of temple with Jesus as the chief cornerstone. This spiritual building is a representative of Christ to the world.

This is the first episode in our series through 1 Peter. In 1 Peter 1, Peter encourages his readers to consider who they have been created to be.