2 Peter

2 Peter

2 Peter 3 – Judgement Day

Do you ever think about why Jesus is taking so long to return?  Has that question ever caused you to doubt the truth and reality of the Christian faith?  Has that doubt ever led you to excuse your sin, because “maybe this all isn’t real anyway?” Have you ever had a hard time knowing how to answer a friend or acquaintance who brought up these questions?  In the final chapter of his second letter, Peter tackles this question as the…

2 Peter – Destructive Lies

2 Peter 2:  Destructive Lies In the past few years, our society has had a barrage of claims about truth and lies.   #fakenews.  Claims about election fraud.  Websites are devoted to verifying politicians’ statements. We are left to wonder, Who is telling the truth?  Or more cynically, Is anyone telling the truth? Truth and lies are hard to sort out. Parents know this.  A fight erupts from two children.  Mom and Dad put on their “Judge robe,” and sit at…

2 Peter, part 1 – A Fruitful and Effective Life

For the next several weeks, rather than a long walk through a single book of the Bible, or a thematic series, we’re going to take time to preach through some of the shorter books of the new testament. Two years ago we hit some of the shortest letters, 1, 2, 3 John – for the next five weeks we are going to cover 2 Peter, Jude, and Philemon. We’re starting with 2 Peter this AM and doing about a chapter…