Date: 11/11/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: The End
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:7-11
Description: Peter says the end of all things is at hand. But what he tells us to do about it may surprise you.
The Lamb Rules, Let's Worship - Revelation 5:1-10
Date: 11/04/18
Speaker: Phil Newton
Title: The Lamb Rules, Let's Worship
Scripture: Revelation 5:1-10
Description: How can you live with hope even when you're suffering and don't know what will happen next? Only when you know the Lamb who was slain rules all for his glory and your good.
Christian Suffering - 1 Peter 4:1-6
Date: 10/28/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Christian Suffering
Scripture: 1 Peter 4:1-6
Description: Suffering has been behind a lot of what Peter has said to encourage his readers. Here that theme comes to the surface. Peter shows that for followers of Jesus suffering is intentional, it's inevitable, and it's hopeful.
His Victory Is Yours - 1 Peter 3:18-22
Date: 10/21/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: His Victory Is Yours
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:18-22
Description: This passage has been called the most obscure passage in the New Testament. It's notoriously difficult to understand. But it was given to encourage new believers who were suffering for their faith. So what does it mean, and how is it helpful?
In Christ In The World - 1 Peter 3:13-17
Date: 10/14/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: In Christ In The World
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:13-17
Description: What does it look like to engage the world around you as a Christian?
Beloved Community - 1 Peter 3:8-12
Date: 10/07/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Beloved Community
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:8-12
Description: Peter's final example of alien living is aimed at the life of the church community. We show our hope in Christ, that our hearts our fixed on an inheritance he's promised us, by our otherworldly love for one another.
The Hopeful Marriage - 1 Peter 3:1-7
Date: 09/30/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: The Hopeful Marriage
Scripture: 1 Peter 3:1-7
Description: Peter's words to wives and husbands could be easily misunderstood, even rejected out of hand as a relic from another time. But if we listen carefully to what he says, we'll find a life-giving message that's rooted in the hope of the gospel.
Facing Injustice With Hope - 1 Peter 2:18-25
Date: 09/23/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Facing Injustice With Hope
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:18-25
Description: Peter's words to slaves have a tragic history of misinterpretation and abuse. But what is he actually saying about slavery? And what can we learn from what Peter says?
Christian Ethics: Rethinking Freedom - 1 Peter 2:11-17
Date: 09/16/18
Speaker: Shaka Mitchell
Title: Christian Ethics: Rethinking Freedom
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:11-17
Description: As believers, we are bound to a heavenly kingdom and by submitting to the Lord we find true freedom. At the same time our orientation to earthly authorities is one of obedience.
Who Are You? - 1 Peter 2:4-10
Date: 09/09/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Who Are You?
Scripture: 1 Peter 2:4-10
Description: In this passage on Christian identity Peter addresses three crucial questions all of us must face. How do you know who you are? Where do you get your validation? Where do you find your purpose?
Hope Fuels Love - 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Date: 09/02/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Hope Fuels Love
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Description: The natural posture of the hopeful person is love, when hope is tethered to Jesus.
How Hope Makes Us Holy - 1 Peter 1:10-21
Date: 08/26/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: How Hope Makes Us Holy
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:10-21
Description: Christian holiness flows out of Christian hope, not the other way around. How should we respond to the hope God has given us? Peter gives us three examples.
Joy and Sorrow - 1 Peter 1:6-9
Date: 08/19/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Joy and Sorrow
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:6-9
Description: Peter says it's possible to rejoice and to grieve at the same time. But only if you have a living hope. Do you?
Hope Secured - 1 Peter 1:3-5
Date: 08/12/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Hope Secured
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:3-5
Description: No one can live without hope. That's why Peter begins his letter with this profile of Christian hope--a secure hope because it begins and ends with God.
Resident Aliens: Introducing 1 Peter - 1 Peter 1:1-2
Date: 08/05/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Resident Aliens: Introducing 1 Peter
Scripture: 1 Peter 1:1-2
Description: Peter wrote this letter to help new Christians understand what it means to follow Jesus when identifying with him sets you apart from the culture where you live.
Remember: Lamentations 5
Date: 07/29/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Remember
Scripture: Lamentations 5
Description: This book of sorrow ends with a prayer. It's a prayer that wonderfully models the steps of lament we've been following all summer. And it's a prayer perfectly answered in Jesus.
Witness: Lamentations 4
Date: 07/22/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Witness
Scripture: Lamentations 4
Description: This poem answers the call of chapter one for a witness to the human tragedy of Jerusalem's fall. It offers a crucial model for us. Where and how should we bear witness to social problems in our time and place?
Hope Lamenting: Lamentations 3
Date: 07/15/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: Hope Lamenting
Scripture: Lamentations 3
Description: This third poem, a small but brilliant shaft of light in the darkness of this book, helps us learn how to fight for hope in the midst of sorrow.
Remember the Wrath of God: Lamentations 2
Date: 07/08/18
Speaker: Bill Heerman
Title: Remember the Wrath of God
Scripture: Lamentations 2
Description: Lamentations 2 is a poem of desperation, as the author gives voice to the anguish and desperation that the people of Israel felt when Jerusalem was destroyed by Babylon in 587 BC. It serves as a sobering memorial to God's wrath, God's justice, and God's faithfulness to do what He said He would do. Where can we find hope in this suffocating judgment?
How?!: Lamentations 1
Date: 07/01/18
Speaker: Matt McCullough
Title: How?!
Scripture: Lamentations 1
Description: This collection of poems is a memorial to unimaginable suffering, meant to help us understand the pain of loss, the importance of a witness, and the only possible hope.