Sermons from July 2022

1 Peter 1:22-25 In 1993, Tina Turner asked the question “What’s love got to do with it?” We are still asking that question today. What does love have to do with life, relationships, and eternity? Well, it has everything to do with it. If as God’s children we are to carry out His plan for not only our lives, but the ages, we have to know His love, experience it for ourselves, and then show it to the world, starting…

1 Peter 1:17-21 For life to make sense, everyone needs a transcendent purpose. Not just a purpose that gets us going from day to the next, but a purpose that gives our life eternal significance. I can invest in my garden, my garage, or my gigabytes (sorry about the alliteration) but those things will not, and can not provide the ultimate significance I was created and redeemed for. I need more. We all need more God has given us so much…

1 Peter 1:14-16 If you missed part of 1 of this sermon, please go to our church website and listen to it before next Sunday. It is a must. Christians are weird. The things we believe and the way we live is strange to a watching world. But it’s supposed to be this way. We need to stop resisting and embrace the “weirdness” that God has planned and called us to from ages past. It is how we reach the…

1 Peter 1:10-13 Believers are weird. We’re supposed to be weird. At least, that’s what God says about us. We are not of this world and when those who are “of this world” see us, they think to themselves, “Christians are weird!” Now, people can be weird simply for weirdness sake, but we’re not talking about that kind of weird. Nothing wrong with that by the way. If people want to be weird then let them be weird. But as followers…