St. John 6 The entire gospel of St. John is truly remarkable and I am a bit jealous that the people in those days had the privilege and honor of walking with, listening to and witnessing firsthand the many miracles Jesus performed while on earth. I think to myself, would I be or act any different had I been among them? Possibly. Even people then had the experience of se...

John 5 In John 5 we see Jesus doing and saying some pretty bold things: He heals a man who had been an invalid for thirty eight years He heals him on the Sabbath (a no-no for the Jewish leaders) He claims God as His own Father (an even bigger no-no; the Jews would recognize that Jesus was claiming to be God) He expands on this claim by talking about how: - He ...

John 1 John 1 begins with the description of the Incarnate Word. John, in his attempt to present Jesus as the Messiah to the Jews and the savior for the gentiles, begins his gospel with one of the best descriptions of Jesus in the entire Bible. "1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All th...

1 Peter 4 1 Peter 4 contains some of the heaviest statements in the entire Bible. Since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude They are surprised that you do not join them in their reckless, wild living, and they heap abuse on you. But they will have to give account to him who is ready to judge the living and the dead. The end of a...

1 Peter 3 In this letter, Peter is speaking to us about the way we should act: to our spouse, to other believers, but really to everyone. IF we belong to Christ, we ought to look like Him. Our love for Christ should overflow from our hearts. I don't think we really consider the power of our actions. Our actions have such affect on other people that the Bible says: "ind...

1 Peter 3 In this letter, Peter is speaking to us about the way we should act: to our spouse, to other believers, but really to everyone. IF we belong to Christ, we ought to look like Him. Our love for Christ should overflow from our hearts. I don't think we really consider the power of our actions. Our actions have such affect on other people that the Bible says: "ind...

As we look at 1 Peter 2, we thought we'd do something different today. Here are several devotionals over our text from a resource website some of our staff enjoys. www.ligonier.org...

1Peter 1 "Things in which angels long to look." This phrase appears in 1 Peter 1:12, and it really stuck out to me. I used to think if I were in the presence of God, nothing would be able to draw my attention from Him. But then I read verses 3-12 again and I realized their attention was not draw from God, but towards God. Peter, in chapter 1 of his first letter to the ...

3 John 1 is a short letter, that describes 3 different people. Their entry in John's letter ensured that they would be remembered for all time. It is a good reminder that what we do is noticed, by God and man, for better or for worse. Lets take a quick look at how these 3 men are described: Gaius - The Good Friend Dear friend Loved Receives John's blessing Soul ge...

2 John 1 I've been in youth ministry now for over 10 years. For the last five years I've been a pastor. One of the interesting things I've discovered over the last few years is that I don't have many new things I want to teach students. I don't have many new principles I want to communicate. I want to communicate key truths better in order that they get the most impor...