Christ Church (Moscow, ID)

Peter has called Christians to be like Christ and to be like Christ even in suffering. An understandable question is whether suffering like Jesus is worth it? Peter has us consider two examples from the story of the Flood of delayed judgment and eventual salvation. This story is not only about the salvation of Noah’s family but also the judgment against the fallen angels. Peter points that both th...

his section is jam-packed with commands––be of one mind, have compassion, be tenderhearted, don’t pay back evil with evil, don’t lie, turn from evil and do good…and there’s more. The summary of this section is “be like Christ.” How can we do this? Because of our Christian identity––we have been made like Christ and so we are to be holy like Christ. Peter exhorts us to “sanctify the Lord God in you...

“Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14).

This sermon is really Part 3 of a series on submission or “being subject to” someone. And, for those of you with chapter subtitles in your Bible you can see that it has to do with husbands and wives. Here in Chapter 3, we are told to look back to the example set by Christ by: Putting ourselves under submission to authorities as this is the will of God. Looking to Jesus as our perfect example to fo...

Peter has labored for his readers to know their identity as the people of God––his chosen elect, his holy children, his redeemed people, his free servants. So how do you live as God’s people in a world hostile to God and to his people? But Peter says to Christian citizens, “Submit to your government” and to Christian slaves, “Submit to your masters” in order to advance Christ’s mission in the worl...

“So Jesus said to them, ‘The light is among you for a little while longer. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going. 36 While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light.’ When Jesus had said these things, he departed and hid himself from them. 37 Though he had done so many signs bef...

Up to this point, Peter has primarily focused on the people of God as the people of God. You are the children of the Father so be like your Father and love your brothers (but there’s no mention about the Gentile neighbor kids). You are God’s house and this is what it looks like from the inside, but how does it look from the outside? Now the front door of the house is opened up and the children of...

Peter writes to the people of God who need to know their identity and their mission in the world. Their identity as the children of God is bundled up with Jesus, the Son of God. You are the elect of God, just like Jesus is God’s elect. Because of the Father’s abundant mercy, you to be born again to a living hope––a hope of life. This happened through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead....

“Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not know” (Job 42:3).

Preacher: Toby Sumpter The only way you can have grace and peace in your heart is if God puts it there. But that is precisely why God spoke the Word that became flesh and dwelt among us. God spoke grace and peace into our sorry world, and He was born at Bethlehem so that we might have grace and peace in our hearts, so that there may be grace and peace in our mouths.

Preacher: Toby Sumpter Texts: Deut. 6:3–9, Eph. 6:1–4 Education fills up our days and hours and weeks and spills out constantly in our community, and that is entirely on purpose. Teaching and learning is at the center of discipleship, and we are disciples of Jesus who have been given the Great Commission to disciple the nations, beginning with the ones living our own homes. But we do not want this...

Hebrews 12:1–17

INTRODUCTION The story of Ruth isn’t fairy tale tucked away in a corner of the OT. Though there’s high drama, disaster, intrigue, even romance, this episode is more than just thrilling narrative. Rather, it’s an anticipation of the redemption of all things in the coming of the promised Seed. The literature is delightful, the story is thrilling, but the providence & purpose behind it all is gloriou...

Enjoy session 1 of 5 from the GA22 Men's Seminar: Let's Talk About Books. The last several years Christ Church as tried an experiment in grace and has not charged for the Grace Agenda conference. In keeping with this spirit of grace, we are accepting free will donations at grace graceagenda.com/donate.

Herod's story offers us a perfect example of what the conflict between the seed of the woman and the seed of the serpent really looks like. This story is going on all around us right now, but must be seen with the eye of faith.