Living the Christian life is not a matter of willpower and self-effort. Because of the Holy Spirit in our lives, we have the potential for radical and organic growth and change. 

2 Peter talks about moving from selfishness to unselfishness, from enslavement to freedom, from foolishness to wisdom. It’s talking about inward character change, about spiritual growth.&...

The book of 1 Peter is probably more about suffering than anything else. 

It might be the only book in the New Testament completely devoted to the subject of suffering. And it shows us that going through trials, troubles, and sufferings is one of the main ways in which we grow into Christlikeness. 

So let’s see what we learn here about 1) the inevitabi...

When we become Christians we don’t just turn over a new leaf, we’re spiritually raised with Christ and his resurrection power comes into our lives. And so, what does such an empowered life look like?

We’re called to be holy, but this is a difficult term to get ahold of. In our modern culture, both the word “sin” and the word “holiness” are almost never used anymore exc...

Jesus’ resurrected power is in our lives now. Even though we are not yet bodily resurrected, Christians are, according to Ephesians 2, raised with Christ and knowing the power of his resurrection.

What does that mean? What does it mean to live that kind of life? What kind of life should we live now in light of the resurrection of Jesus? 

Let’s look at 1) ho...

When we unite with Jesus Christ, his resurrection power comes into our lives. 

Even though we believe we’ll be resurrected in our bodies at the end of time, there is already a spiritual resurrection that happens to us now. What does that look like? 

Looking at this text, we can see 1) what happened, 2) where it happens, 3) how it keeps happening, and 4...