People begin to get lax about the coming Day of the Lord, but the Scriptures promise - it will come.  Be ready, get others ready.  In this episode we also take a quick look at some different views of what millennialism looks like. 

We need to beware of those who improperly teach others "God's truth" for financial gain.  We need to beware of those who knowing or unknowingly mispresent the truth of God's Word.  There are both weak and false teachers in our day, and we need to be on our guard against them so that we are not led into error.

False teachers may not even know they are false teachers, but teachers who refuse to come under the authority of Scripture and whose goal is personal gain are to be avoided.  Peter warns against such teachers in this chapter.

The Gospel is not some cleverly devised invention of man.  Peter provides a convincing argument that Christ and the Christian life isn't some fairytale. 

God has given us all we need to become like Christ.  The resources are all there.  The tools are all in the toolbox.  We just now need to make application, to use the resources He has given us.  We have our part to play in becoming increasingly like Christ.

The power God has given His people is complete, all we need, but it comes to us in proportion to our experiential knowledge of Him.  In other words, the better we get to know Him and the closer we live to Him, the more of His power we will be able to live within as we seek to be like Him. 

In light of troubled times, how should we live?  Unsurprisingly, the answer is just the same as 2000 years ago.

What does Peter say is the responsibility of church leaders?  What does Paul say?  What would the church be like in an environment where leaders are biblically leading?  Too often this doesn't happen, let's change that!

Peter further discusses trials and suffering and how the Christian is to face them.

Because we are now Christians, how should we live in this world?