Delight in Grace

Rejoicing in the face of suffering really seems counterintuitive.   We might expect Surprise, worry, fear, or anger in the face of hardship, but 1 Peter 4:13 calls us to rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.  But how do we do that?  Today Rich shares the confident expectation we can have that will lead to settled sat...

Rejoicing in the face of suffering really seems counterintuitive.   We might expect Surprise, worry, fear, or anger in the face of hardship, but 1 Peter 4:13 calls us to rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed.  But how do we do that?  Today Rich shares the confident expectation we can have that will lead to settled sat...

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering i...

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering i...

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering i...

The Bible explicitly teaches that suffering is to be expected in the Christian life.  Today’s text, 1 Peter 4:12 says 12 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test you, as though something strange were happening to you. So why are we so often blind-sided when hardship and hurt come our way? Pastor RIch answers this question in today’s message titled  Suffering i...

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming...

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming...

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming...

Christians, we have a race to run, a mission and calling for today.  God calls us to a disciplined life.  For some of us, that word “discipline” may have connotations of striving in our own strength to follow rules, as if God saves us by grace, then sends us off to the  exhausting and impossible task of  being worthy of that salvation.  But no.  God’s beautiful grace follows us in its transforming...

For believers, our freedom is anchored in the cross of Jesus.  Because of that, the way we process life must be cross-centered.  As we surrender daily  to Christ’s work, our attitudes and affections will be transformed by Him.  Only then can we do life well.  A cross-centered life will look drastically different from the world’s system of living, but we can swim against the current with the confid...

For believers, our freedom is anchored in the cross of Jesus.  Because of that, the way we process life must be cross-centered.  As we surrender daily  to Christ’s work, our attitudes and affections will be transformed by Him.  Only then can we do life well.  A cross-centered life will look drastically different from the world’s system of living, but we can swim against the current with the confid...

For believers, our freedom is anchored in the cross of Jesus.  Because of that, the way we process life must be cross-centered.  As we surrender daily  to Christ’s work, our attitudes and affections will be transformed by Him.  Only then can we do life well.  A cross-centered life will look drastically different from the world’s system of living, but we can swim against the current with the confid...

For believers our freedom is anchored in the cross of Jesus. Because of that the way we process life must be cross-centered.

The Gospel is hope in a dark world. Apart from the suffering of Christ there would be no possibility that we could be rescued from the necessary wrath of God. This rescue is God's free gift of love to any who will accept it. Forgiveness of sin, reconciliation with our Creator, fellowship with God's people.

The passage we deal with today is perhaps one of the most enigmatic of all scripture, 1 Peter 3:18-20 "For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God. He was put to death in the flesh but made alive by the Spirit, in which he also went and made proclamation to the spirits in prison who in the past were disobedient, when God pa...

This means that in my daily life, I live for the opinion of One - my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ before whom I will one day gave an account.

1 Peter 3:14-22. As Rich digs into this passage he challenges us to champion what is right, true and good regardless of what it might cost. Because of our reality in Christ, our position before God and the promises that become ours in Christ, we can face suffering and ridicule with a calm assurance and trust for the sake of the Gospel.

1 Peter 3:14-22. As Rich digs into this passage he challenges us to champion what is right, true and good regardless of what it might cost. For the sake of the Gospel we can endure ridicule and scorn with calm assurance and trust.

You should be a person of reason and truth. How I feel is not what determines what is true.

Our passage 1 Peter 3:8-13 reminds us to love regardless of how others treat us in return.

Our acceptance into God's eternal community equips us to love and bless our earthly community. We can love because we have been fully loved. The love we experience from being loved by God allows us to build bridges into the lives of others.

Our acceptance into God's eternal community equips us to love and bless our earthly community. We can love because we have been fully loved.

Do you understand your wife? It's going to take a lifetime, she's complicated.... God made her that way. It's not a bad thing it's a good thing and men are called to live with them with an understanding heart.

This is the eighth part of a sub-series entitled "12 Characteristics of People Who are Free." This is about men who are living in a marriage relationship. 1 Peter 3:7 says, "Likewise husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as to a weaker vessel since they are heirs with you of the grace of life." A man faithfully following his Savior w...