Blind Faith; Blind Love – First Peter 1:8

Peter was writing this epistle to Christians who were living in the Roman provinces east of Greece and northwest of Israel. Many of them were Jews. They had become Christians because God graciously revealed their Messiah to them and gave them faith to trust the...

February 2022

Dear Pastor and Brethren: Blessings amidst Difficulties. Although the difficulties of January continued into February there were blessings as well for which to praise the Lord. We have learned to thank the Lord for the difficulties, but the blessings sure do bring...

Appearing at the Appearing – First Peter 1:6-7

(To listen to this message click here.) Last Sunday we looked at Peter’s words: “ready to be revealed in the last time.” You “are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation READY to be revealed in the last time.” The message had four points: God’s...

March 20

Samuel L. Straughan was ordained to the ministry on this day in 1806. He was raised on a Virginia farm and had only two or three years of formal education. But it is said that “during his childhood, he exhibited a sobriety and manliness of character much beyond his...

The Importance of Temptations – First Peter 1:3-9

As we have seen, Peter begins his letter by praising God and magnifying salvation by grace. He reminds us that our deliverance from sin and our adoption into the family of Jehovah is absolutely secure. That is because salvation is rooted, not in us, but in the Triune...

The Salvation Revelation – First Peter 1:3-5

Have you ever wondered what the relationship that the Apostle Paul might have had with Peter? For example, did they have any contact before Paul’s conversion? If so how did that affect them later? Did Saul of Tarsus ever come close to directly persecuting and...

Prepositions of Protection – I Peter 1:1-5

The Lord Jesus gathered His disciples around Him and gave them some instructions about their ministry. He said, “What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. And fear not them which kill the body,...

March 13

Before the establishment of the first permanent Baptist church in America, there was an attempt to organize a congregation just south of Boston. Six godly men, the principle leaders in the attempt, were arraigned before the General Court in Boston on this day in 1639....

A Reservation in Heaven – First Peter 1:3-5

Last October Judy and I traveled to Ohio and the Winton Place Baptist Church where I was scheduled to preach. Pastor Daniel Holt had made a reservation for us to stay at the Marriot Hotel in north Cincinnati. We drove up to the front door of that hotel, walked in,...

The Best Bequest – First Peter 1:3-5

You can grow up in the same house, eat the same food and sleep in the same room… You can share the same baseball glove, and wear each other’s hand-me-downs… You can read the same books, listen to the same music and attend the same church… You...