Pride is many of us either struggle with or have struggled with in some capacity. Pride isn't always thinking too highly of yourself, it can also be thinking to lowly of yourself. Like weeds in a yard or garden pride, whichever form it takes, can be hard to root out of ones life. In these two verses, Peter helps us understand how we can overcome pride and instead take on a countenance of humility.

As Peter starts to wrap up his first letter to the church, he gives special instructions to the Elders of the church. These instructions lay out how an elder is supposed to lead the body of Christ. However, these principles can be applied to other positions of leadership within the church. Listen along to hear Peter's message, what should motivate leaders, and three leadership contrasts that shed light on the meaning of leadership.

He is Risen! Many of those in Jesus' life did not expect for him to rise from the grave. However, once they saw the evidence, it was undeniable. God asks each one of us, "Will you believe?"

We have all experienced a time in our life where we have misunderstood a message. As Jesus made his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, during his last week before his death, every single person in the crowd misunderstood the message Jesus was trying to deliver to them. This Palm Sunday, tune in to hear about the crowd misunderstood Jesus, and how we can correctly apply the message Christ has for us.

So far in 1 Peter we have talked a lot about suffering, but we haven't focused yet on how we should feel about suffering on an emotional level, or what to then know about suffering in that context. Listen along to find what we should feel about suffering, and how we can then do about it.

When it comes to the body of Christ, we all have a spiritual gift given to us from God. Building on the previous verses talking about our need for urgency, Peter now tells us how we can accomplish the things we need to; through our spiritual gifts.

As Christians we should have a strong sense of urgency because we know this world will not last forever and that it is not our home. But what should we feel urgency for? In these three verses Peter says that we should be urgent in praying, loving, and hospitality. Listen along as Pastor Craig fleshes out how we can have a sense of urgency in these three areas.

We all have things in our past that can be tempting to return to. Sin can sometimes seem attractive. However Jesus has made a way for us to leave behind sin and walk with him. Listen along to discover how we can leave our past behind.

We now come back to our study of the book of 1 Peter. Today, Dr. Timothy Ralston guides us back into this study by explaining three reasons Peter gives as to why we as Christians should do good despite suffering for that good.

This week we welcomed the Martin family, our missionary family from Japan, and heard Tim Martin preach. Listen along as he connects what the Martins experience on the mission field in Japan to the experience of Paul and Barnabas in Acts chapter 14.