As we move into the season of advent, our focus this week is on hope. True hope. Hope that comes from Christ and not from the world. Listen along to discover this difference, as well as who exactly needs hope and why we can have hope in a world that often seems hopeless.

This week we had a special Thanksgiving service with time for everyone to share about how God has been moving in their life and what they are thankful for. Listen along to hear some heartwarming testimonies about how God is working in this body of Christ.

What is a successful church? Some people measure this with numbers, others by the influence the church has on the community and beyond. However, God measures by faithfulness. In this passage of 1 Peter 3:8-17, Peter will tell us what we are to be faithful to so that we can be "successful" as a church.

Marriage can be a beautiful thing when Christ is the center of it. But how is this done? What does this look like? Peter has instructions for both wives and husbands within a marriage to help with this. Listen along as Pastor Craig leads us through 1 Peter 3:1-7.

Sometimes our natural reaction when we are wronged is to seek retaliation or revenge. However, that is not the reaction Jesus had when he was wronged, and it's not the reaction he calls us to have. Listen along as we learn how we should act and react when we are wronged.

This week we have the privilege of hearing from Jim Pence as he shares with us his testimony of God bringing him back from a near death experience. Listen along as Jim tells us what he has learned since that fateful day.

As we move through our 1 Peter study, this week we look at the command to submit to government and authority found in chapter 2. verses 13-17. This isn't always an easy thing to do. However, submission to authority has been ordained by God, and when we don't it can have the horrible effect of discrediting our witness as Christians.

We live in a pressure filled world, and that pressure threatens our peace. The encouragement that Peter gave to the first century church while they were experiencing pressure is applicable still in the twenty-first century. In verses 1-12 of 1 Peter chapter 2, Peter gives us four ways to maintain peace when the pressure around us builds.

Because of the world we live in, obedience is not something that is always easy for us. Often times we have to try hard to obey God. Peter recognized this and laid out a plan for obedience for Christians to follow that puts obedience in a great perspective.

Hope comes with our salvation, and it is everywhere. Because of what Christ did for us we have a future hope, a present hope, and a past hope. Listen along as we discover what all this hope means.