Hundreds of years before the execution and resurrection of Jesus Christ, Isaiah proclaims that our only hope is in the coming Servant of God, and One who shocks us because…
What label do you wear? To what labels do you aspire? And your identity: who determines who you are or your makeup? Delighting in being God’s chosen people, grounds us…
Christ was rejected. Peter witnessed it first hand, and despite his professions and protestations, Peter denied his Lord and Savior three times. And despite--no, because of his past--Peter wants us…
In this morning's exposition of God's word, Pastor Mollenkopf highlights how Peter continues to expand on the manner in which we should live in God’s family as his born again…
We see sin as sin because God's word makes it plain. But if we have no interest in our brothers and sisters in Christ, is that not sin, too? Jesus…
Peter writes that God’s children should live with hope, holiness, and fear as we wait Christ’s return. Straight up. Pastor Mollenkopf explains.
One of the three core parts of the church’s mission is to be part of the evangelization of the world. One way we can faithfully do that is to support…
The amazing salvation that God the Father planned, the Son procured, and the Holy Spirit predicted. In other words, God has been planning throughout time to redeem and save us…
Peter wants the saints to realize that God’s great mercy and kindness also tests our faith to make sure that we are truly on the path to salvation. Suffering is…
That is a weighty title for a weighty topic to be found within just a few verses at the start of Peter's first letter to the saints. In a nutshell,…