Keith Pond continues his walk through Jesus' letters to the Churches of the Revelation by looking today at the suffering endured by the saints at Smyrna, modern day Izmir, Turkey.…
Peter wants us to know that when suffer because of our faithfulness to Christ, God is well pleased and honors us for our willing to follow in Christ’s suffering footsteps.…
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,…
Today, Pastor Mollenkopf begins a sermon series through First Peter. To fully grasp the apostle's encouragements to us to persevere in the midst of suffering and to understand God having…
Psalm 116 is a beautiful personal testimony of God delivering someone from near-death, anguish-inducing afflictions, and then calls us to respond with praise and trust in God too. Pastor Mollenkopf…
Solomon wrestles with how God makes everything beautiful in its time in light of the fact that injustice often seems to reign in and around every corner. Yet though injustice…
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus exhorts his disciples and the crowds that were listening that "Blessed"--happy--"are those who mourn..." Why? "...for they will be comforted." Implication? Mourning is…
We begin our series on Ecclesiastes with an overview. Pastor Mollenkopf notes that living our lives without reference to God brings futility, but joyfully embracing God’s gifts and fearing Him…