What can we learn about being encouragers from the “son of encouragement” Barnabas?
(Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 19, 2020.)
Audio and Articles
Daily Dose – Responding to Persecution (1 Peter 3:8-17)
How should we respond to persecution? What are some attitudes that universally serve the Christian in this endeavor?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 17, 2020.)
Daily Dose – Being Subject in Marriage (1 Peter 3:1-7)
What does the husband-wife relationship have to do with the Christian’s relationship with government or employers? What does Peter have to say about submission in marriage, and how does it compare to Paul’s instructions?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 16, 2020.)
Daily Dose – Being Subject to Masters (1 Peter 2:18-25)
Peter continues his section on submission by speaking to servants or bondservants. Should they be subject to their masters? If so, why? And how could this possibly apply to us?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 14, 2020.)
Daily Dose – Being Subject to “Human Institutions” (1 Peter 2:13-17)
What does Peter say about being subject to governments or human authorities? How does it compare to what Paul says? Why is it so important?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 13, 2020.)
Three Resurrections
The concept of “resurrection” is the most important concept in Christianity. Is it something that reasonable people might believe in? What makes it so important? And what does it mean for us?
(This sermon was preached for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 12, 2020.)
Daily Dose – Submission (1 Peter 2:13-2:7)
What does it mean to “be subject to”, and what does this concept matter so much to Peter? What does Peter want us to do and how?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. This was recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 10, 2020.)
Daily Dose – God’s People (1 Peter 2:9-12)
1 Peter 2:9-12 serves as the core thesis of the letter. Everything before leads up to it and everything after explains it. How should this central text apply to us?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. This was recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 9, 2020.)
Daily Dose – The Cornerstone (1 Peter 2:4-8)
One of the more common analogies for the church is a structure, or building, which Peter uses in 1 Peter 2. Why is this so important, and what part does Jesus play in this analogy?
(Daily walk through 1 Peter. This was recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 7, 2020.)
Daily Dose – The Abiding Word (1 Peter 1:22-2:3)
In this section Peter makes another distinction between things that are temporary and things that are eternal. How should this separation affect our lives?
(A daily walk through 1 Peter. Recorded for the Dewey Church of Christ on April 6, 2020.)
Watts in the Word 