Buy my books " Joy in the Journey " and " Song in the Night" on Amazon now 20% goes to missions Experiencing sound quality issues? Please Click here Living Stones 1 Peter 2:1-10 Peter wrote letters to the people of faith in various parts of the world at that time. Many were persecuted for their faith and began moving from place to place. Some found established churches in Asia Minor, which is part of modern-day Turkey, and many were dispersed across that region. That is where Paul, Peter, and other apostles went to establish churches. Peter writes to all of them as one group, not to a particular church as Paul often did. He addresses them as 'elect exiles', which we talked about last Sunday. What is very interesting is that Peter gives the people of God many different identities. Scripture itself gives us multiple identities as God’s...
Buy my book " Joy in the Journey " on Amazon now 20% goes to missions The world in which we live in today is filled with changes and uncertainties. Nations rise and fall, governments come and go, stock markets crash, economies fail, spouses file for divorce, children leave home, jobs are phased out, businesses go belly up, terminal illnesses appear overnight, beauty fades, fame flies out the window, money slips through our fingers like water, and people die unexpectedly. Changes happen without notice and uncertainties rule the life in this world.There are not many things that have certainty. Someone once said that there are two things in life that we can be sure of: death and taxes. People have figured out ways to avoid taxes but no one has ever figured out a way to avoid death. The probabilty of death is 100%. One out of every one person will eventually die. We may try to delay the inevitable through medicine and preventative measures, but sooner ...