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This Q&A conversation is based off the sermon titled "Suffering Reframed" given on Nov. 19 2023 based on 1 Peter 4:12 - 19. 

1 Peter 5:1 - 5 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly;  not domineering over those in your charge, but being example...

1Peter 4:12 - 19 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.  But rejoice insofar as you share Christ’s sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let non...

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon titled "Future Secured" preached on Nov 12th 2023, from 1 Peter 4:1 - 12

Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God. For the time that is past suffices for doing what the Gentiles want to do, living in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies, drinking partie...

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon titled "Confidence and Strength" from 1 Peter 3:13-22 on Nov 5th 2023.

This Q&A Conversation is based on the sermon titled "The Christian Brand" preached on Oct 29th, 2023 based on 1 Peter 3:13 - 22

Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?  But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect,  having a good conscienc...

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon titled "Show 'em Jesus" preached on Oct 22nd 2023, based on 1 Peter 3:1 - 7. 

Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind. Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing. For “Whoever desires to love life      and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil      and his lips from speaking deceit; let him turn away from e...

Likewise, wives, be subject to your own husbands, so that even if some do not obey the word, they may be won without a word by the conduct of their wives, when they see your respectful and pure conduct. Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear—but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable...

This Sermon Q&A is based off the sermon titled "Powerlessness" from 1 Peter 2:18-25 on Oct 15th, 2023.

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon "Freedom in Fear" from 1 Peter 2:11 -17 on Oct 1, 2023.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle but also to the unjust. For this is a gracious thing, when, mindful of God, one endures sorrows while suffering unjustly. For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. For to this you h...

This sermon Q&A is based on the sermon titled "Church (What is it Good For?)" from 1 Peter 2:4 -10 given on Sept. 24, 2023. 

Beloved, I urge you as sojourners and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh, which wage war against your soul.  Keep your conduct among the Gentiles honorable, so that when they speak against you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day of visitation. Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to go...

As you come to [Jesus], a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. For it stands in Scripture: “Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone,  a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in him...

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon titled "A Good Appetite" from 1 Peter 2:1 - 3 preached on September 17th 2023

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon titled "All You Need is Love" from 1 Peter 1:22 - 25 preached on September 10th 2023. 

So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you may grow up into salvation—if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good. Sermon Questions: 1.     In what ways would you like to change? 2.     Do you agree that it’s your heart that is resisting the change you’d like to see? 3.     What is discipl...

This Q&A Conversation is based on the sermon titled "Suffering > Sinning" on September 3, 2023 based on 1 Peter 1:13-25.

Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for “All flesh is like grass  and all its glory like the flower of grass. The grass withers,  and the flower falls, but the word of the Lord remai...

This Q&A conversation was based on the sermon titled "Living Hope" preached on August 27th 2023 from 1 Peter 1: 1 - 12 

Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.  As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” And if you call on him...

This Q&A conversation is based on the sermon "Failure and Succession" from August 13th based on Numbers 27:12-23