1 Peter 2:1-3 Pastor Dave explained that the word so that begins this week’s passage points us back to what came before: Love one another earnestly from a pure heart. Peter tells us to get rid of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander so that we can love one another. Before the...
1 Peter 1:22-25 Sincere love rules out hypocrisy, saying one thing and doing another. Pastor Todd also stressed that the command to love sincerely presupposes safe, deep, and meaningful relationships among the believers who make up the church. Some who listened to Todd’s sermon are already...
1 Peter 1:17-21 Pastor Dave began by asking us to find two words in this week’s passage that seem at odds with the discussion of God’s grace and mercy in verses 3-12 of Chapter 1. Those words are judges and fear. Dave taught that a person with a balanced knowledge of God views Him as...
1 Peter 1:13-16 Pastor Dave used a syntactical diagram to unpack what the apostle Peter has to say about the two key commands in the sidebar. One of the words that modifies the imperative set your hope is fully. Peter is commanding us to put all our eggs in one basket, the basket...
1 Peter 1:10-12 The two long sentences that make up this week’s passage are befuddling if you skim over them quickly. Pastor Dave helpfully camped on the main idea of the passage – prophecy fulfilled. God the Father could have sent His Son to earth out of the blue, with no advance...
1 Peter 1:6-9 The two themes of this week’s passage are rejoicing and trials. Pastor Dave could have titled his message “Rejoicing Amidst Grievous Trials.” We understand about trials; we’ve all experienced them. Peter says that God’s purpose in a trial is to...
Exodus 28:1-43Holy Garments Pastor Todd described God’s detailed instructions for making garments for Aaron, the high priest, and Aaron’s sons, the under-priests. These holy garments pointed forward to Jesus, the ultimate high priest, and to his followers. Praise Jesus because...
Exodus 27:1-21 Pastor Dave explained that the layout of the tabernacle was not arbitrary; it was a prophetic description of God’s plan of salvation. He illustrated several types of wrong thinking about salvation by showing reconfigured layouts of the tabernacle. Who makes the errors Dave...
Exodus 26:1-37 Pastor Dave explained God’s meticulous instructions for the Tent of Meeting and how many of the details pointed to Jesus and the deliverance he gives. The pictures Dave used in his sermon helped us visualize what the Tent of Meeting looked like. Use your imagination to put...
Exodus 25:23-40 Before Pastor Dave began to preach, he prayed that we would treat God’s word with reverence. I think he meant, take the Bible seriously, spend the time and effort necessary to understand it, and then submit to it. It is tempting to skim through this passage full of detailed...