This small book is only five chapters long, but it contains some powerful lessons designed to help us survive a hostile environment in which holding onto orthodox biblical beliefs will put us on a collision course with the surrounding culture and the prevailing ideologies of the day.
Godly Shepherds and Submissive Sheep
Ken Miller | Mar. 29, 2022
Peter was a highly practical man who knew that theology alone was not enough to help his readers navigate the uncertain cultural waters in which they lived. They were drowning in a sea of competing ideologies that stood diametrically opposed to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Unsurprised by Suffering
Ken Miller | Mar. 22, 2022
In these verses, Peter continues to encourage his readers to see their trials as a form of purification, a refining process that God was using to prove the quality and genuineness of their faith. These tests were for their benefit, not God’s.
Work While You Wait
Mitchell Dorris | Mar. 15, 2022
Peter lived with a sense of anticipation and expectation. He understood that that the return of the Lord was a vital part of God’s redemptive plan. As Paul put it, “the day of salvation” was tied directly to the second coming of Jesus.
An Ark in the Storm
Ken Miller | Mar. 1, 2022
The people to whom Peter wrote were having a difficult time. They were followers of Christ who found themselves facing unexpected and difficult circumstances. But Peter wanted them to know that their persecution would be accompanied by great blessing.
Subjection, Suffering, and Sanctification
Mitchell Dorris | Feb. 22, 2022
Subjection was to be a universal reality for all believers, and it was to show up in tangible ways, especially within a local body of believers. Peter discusses such topics as unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, and having a tender heart and a humble mind.
Unpredictably Practical
Ken Miller | Feb. 15, 2022
We are God’s chosen people and have a citizenship that is not of this world. But we have been commissioned as Christ’s ambassadors and must manage the delicate and sometimes difficult balance of representing one authority while living under the jurisdiction of another.
Be Subject...
Mitchell Dorris | Feb. 8, 2022
In this week’s lesson, we enter some difficult and unpleasant territory. In these verses, Peter sets up where he will be going in chapter 3. It’s all about the practicality of their faith. As subjects of the Kingdom of God, living as aliens and exiles on earth, they were to subject themselves to every human institution.
Grow Up and Stand Out!
Ken Miller | Feb. 1, 2022
The recipients of Peter’s letter were wrestling with the realities of living in a culture that stood opposed to everything in which they believed. And while many of their trials were external in nature, they were also suffering from unexpected internal battles that left them demoralized and even doubting their salvation.
Living and Loving Like Christ
Mitchell Dorris | Jan. 25, 2022
The objective of this lesson is to establish Peter’s theme of holiness and Christlikeness as the non-negotiable goal for all believers. Peter makes a strong differentiation between their old lives their new lives in Christ.
A Traveler’s Guide for Christian Pilgrims
Ken Miller | Jan. 18, 2022
Peter’s letter is eschatological in nature. In other words, it focuses on the end times – the age to come. His readers were living in Asia Minor, but he wanted them to remember that they were “temporary residents and foreigners”, whose real home was somewhere else.
Aliens and Strangers
Ken Miller | Jan. 11, 2022
We’ll be unpacking this timeless book and discovering what it means to be in this world and, yet not be of it. It’s a delicate balance and one that every believer needs to learn.
