The goal is before every believer, but the need is to press on towards the fulfillment of that heavenly calling. There has been much...

In one sense, the responsibility is ours. God has given us faith and everything we need for living a godly life, but the choice is for us...

In signing off at the end of his letter, Peter indicates his reason for writing. Sending a letter was a laborious and, by today's...

The devil or Satan first appeared in Scriptures in the ancient book of Job, who is commonly thought to have lived around the time of...

Everyone, Peter declares, should be clothed in humility within Christian fellowships and this will be demonstrated through their language...

As we have said in studying earlier passages of the same nature as this, both from Peter and James and also Paul, Persecution and the...

It appears that we have come to another 'ending' in Peter's first letter, but after verse eleven, Peter finds that he has still more to...

Remember the parable of the ten bridesmaids? Five of them were foolish and five were wise- Matthew 25 v 1-13. We were talking yesterday...

''What was should be no more, you are a new creation!'' is Peter's message to his believing readers. No one can proclaim that they are a...

Peter states some very important facts concerning being a Christian here: 1. Baptism is a symbolic act, a symbol of what Christ Jesus has...

More straightforward advice here from Peter: seek with all that you have to live good lives, beyond reproach, and then there is less...

I'm sure that if you have heard a lot of sermons then you have learned to beware the ''Now my last point'' from the Preacher! Peter is...

Context, context, context! We must read Peter's commands to wives and husbands with a mind to the circumstances of the first century...

Servants and slaves formed by far the greatest part of the early Church. Within the Roman Empire it is estimated that there were sixty...

Peter's rules for life: respect everyone you meet, love fellow believers, fear God, respect the King. A reminder as we saw yesterday that...

This has proved a very challenging passage for believers living under tyrannical leaders throughout Christian history. Readers must...

On a personal note this passage reminds me of one of the churches I preached at during my time at Baptist College. It was a church in...

There is great joy in witnessing another person's new birth and early years. A genuinely converted person will gradually or immediately...

We are looking at a longer passage this morning as it gives us the opportunity to see it in a grand sweep. We generally look at two or...

This passage gives the reader a great insight into the minds of the Prophets who spoke of Jesus' birth, life and death hundreds of years...