2 Peter 2:10-22 Pastor Dave described this week’s passage as a tirade against false teachers, a violent indictment. Reading the apostle Peter’s graphic description of false teachers and the fate that awaits them, it’s easy to think false teachers can be recognized a mile away...
2 Peter 2:1-10 In this week’s passage, the apostle Peter warns his readers to be alert for false teachers. Pastor Dave said it is arrogant and foolish – one might add, naïve – to think we will never experience false teachers. We must be prepared to detect and reject...
2 Peter 1:3-7 Pastor Dave began by explaining that godliness is not being like God, a common misconception he himself held. Instead, he said, godliness is a reverent response to God. A godly person responds to who God is and what He has done (and is doing) by living a life that exhibits...
2 Peter 1:1-2Introduction Peter begins both his letters by stating his credentials as an apostle of Jesus Christ. Pastor Dave previewed Peter’s second letter for us, saying that Peter uses his apostolic authority to identify and combat false teaching. Some teachers inside the early church...
Palm Sunday Pastor Dave spent two weeks teaching about the authority structure ordained by God for the home and the church. He devoted much of his Palm Sunday message to exploring the authority structure within the Trinity, a topic most of us have probably not thought much about. The Son’s...
1 Peter 3:1, Part 2Male Headship Unmarried people: Don’t skip this week’s prayer blog! The married people need your prayers. Pray that the husbands and wives in our church family will be strengthened to live according to the authority structure ordained by God for the home. Also...
1 Peter 3:1, Part 2Egalitarian vs. Complementarian The question of whether God created male and female equal in all respects or whether He created male and female equal in value but with different, complementary roles is a controversial topic, even within the church. Pastor Dave is taking...
1 Peter 5:1-4 Peter describes elders as shepherds of the flock, a word picture that is purposeful. Shepherds watch, guard, guide, and feed the flock. They lead the sheep from the front by example; they don’t drive the sheep from behind with a whip. Ask God to help Calvary’s elders...
1 Peter 4:12-19 Pastor Dave organized his sermon around three contrasting statements drawn from this week’s passage. Don’t be surprised … but … rejoice. What is our response to a fiery trial, to suffering? Do we ask, “Why is this happening to me?” Do we try...
1 Peter 4:7-11 If you think of God’s plan of redemption as a play, we are in the final act. Granted, it is a long act – 2000 earth-years and counting – but the stage is set for Christ’s return. In this week’s passage, the apostle Peter tells us what we should be...