The Apostle Peter wrote his letter to Christians facing a 'pre-Christian, pagan world.' We are facing and increasingly 'post-Christian, pagan world.' They are similar in some ways but different in others. Nevertheless, Peter helps us with His two-fold theme: Our Riches in Christ and Our Responsibilities in the World.
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1. How is our world similar to the world at the time of Peter?
Bible Book Club: 1 Samuel, Part 1 There are many different ways to read the Bible: as law and gospel, as a devotional guide, as claims about who God is, and claims about who we are. For our next online Bible study class, we will read together with a special focus: the Word of God as captivating story.
Peter encouraged the church not to turn away from the riches God has given us in Jesus because of persecution. Just as Peter said the first Christians were like 'pilgrims and strangers,' so we see that happening to us as more and more people turn away from and against the Christian faith.
July 9 & 10, 2016. The parable of the Good Samaritan is a familiar story. Children learn it at quite an early age, adults refer to those who help others as “good Samaritans,” There is even an organization of campers called “The Good Sam Club,” Isn’t it interested how this image has completely changed since the time Jesus told this parable! Lutheran Theology. Lutheran Vocabulary. Lutherans Today. Spreading the Message. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 1. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 2. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 3. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 4. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 5. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 6. Why I Am A Lutheran Session 7. November 10, 2019 / Good Shepherd Video We are presenting the Adult Bible Study here that occurs after the regular church service, while the kids are in Sunday School. Always fascinating, always fun, always celebrating the joy we find in God’s Word! 2020 Bible Study (8) Anointed, Transformed, Redeemed (8) Beloved Disciple (8) Better Bible Study (8) Better Than Life (8) Brave (8) Breathe (8) Quest Bible Series (8) Women of Faith Study Guide Series (8) A Beautiful Design (7) A Woman After God's Own Heart® (7) Biblical Illustrator Magazine (7) The Message of Paul Series (7) Words of Faith.
2. How is our world different than the world at the time of Peter?
One of the big differences is that the first Christians were preaching the message of Christ to people who had never heard it before. Today, we face a world that has heard about Christ. Those who are opposed to the Christian faith have a lot of ammunition to undermine the Gospel by those who love to twist the Scriptures. We are also burdened with the past bad behavior of the church.
3. What things does Peter emphasize for Christians who are living as pilgrims and strangers is this world?
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- Remember your calling in Christ. You have been redeemed from sin and set apart from this sinful world by the precious blood of Jesus (1 Peter 1.3ff).
- Live according to your calling by resisting the sinful desires of the flesh (1 Peter 1.11-12) and the pressure of the world (1 Peter 4.3ff).
- Fulfill your earthly vocations as citizens, workers, spouses, etc. (1 Peter 2-3).
- Be ready to explain your faith to others (1 Peter 3.15).
- Be ready to suffer for the Christian faith and look to Jesus to endure (1 Peter 4.12ff).
- Recognize the truth of God's word and avoid false teachings (2 Peter 1-2).
- Remember the promises of God's divine judgment and remain steadfast in faith and good works until the end (2 Peter 3).
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Nurturing Your Faith: Forgiveness - Session 3: Possibilities of Forgiveness
By: Rev. Dr. Chad Lakies
Good Conscienceonline Lutheran Bible Study Scriptures
Session three notes that while God's pardon is unconditional, ours is often loaded with stipulations or given sparingly. Forgiveness is considered in respect to the treachery of Joseph's brothers, the sins of the prodigal son, and those who mistreated Paul.
Nurturing Your Faith: Forgiveness - Session 2: Conditions of Forgiveness
By: Rev. Dr. Chad Lakies
This second session looks at the tie between our sins and God's mercy. We'll consider the effect of David's sin on his life and faith, what Jesus says about forgiving others, and how God's forgiveness transformed the lives of Peter and Paul.
Nurturing Your Faith: Forgiveness - Session 1: Practicing Forgiveness
By: Rev. Dr. Chad Lakies
This first study on forgiveness begins with man's sin dilemma, its dire consequences, and God's merciful solution to our problem. As we have been forgiven through Jesus, so are we to forgive others.
Utilizing Barna Group data, Lutheran Hour Ministries has produced Households of Faith, a four-session video study to help households apply three core habits that foster a spiritually vibrant household. These are 1) applying spiritual disciplines; 2) extending hospitality; and 3) engaging in spiritual conversations.
Called - A Nurturing Your Faith Study (Complete with all 4 sessions)
By: Rev. Dr. Michael Zeigler
(Includes subtitles in English)Nurturing Your Faith: Called is a four-session Bible study based on Ephesians. Individual sessions look at how we are called by God, called to faith, called to service, and called to share. Lutheran Hour Speaker Rev. Dr. Mike Zeigler gives a video introduction to all four sessions. Reflection questions are included.
The Eager Conversationalist/Spiritual Conversation Curve Workshops
By: Jason Broge and Don Everts
Drawing on Barna Group data contained in the 2018 monograph Spiritual Conversations in the Digital Age, Lutheran Hour Ministries is offering two workshops: the first, Eager Conversationalists, examines spiritual conversations. It offers insights to help us become more intentional-more eager-to engage in spiritual conversations with others. The second, The Spiritual Conversation Curve, offers help in getting past conversational hurdles. This is possible when we focus on someone's 'spiritual posture,' so as not to impose a conversation that's forced or ill-timed.
Prayer - A Nurturing Your Faith Study
By: Don Everts
(Includes subtitles in English) The Bible study Nurturing Your Faith: Prayer is a four-session series exploring the role of different types of prayer in the believer's life. Prayers of intercession, gratitude, confession, and praise are considered in various scriptural settings by highlighting a particular prayer's context, who offered it, and why. An opening video featuring Rev. Don Everts prefaces each session and gives context to what follows.
(Includes subtitles in English) From Luther's 95 Theses in 1517 to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, God was at work in the Reformation. Fierce debates over Scripture, church doctrine, and late medieval church practice led to theological positions articulating salvation as God's grace in action, with man being left to add nothing to his own salvation. In A Man Named Martin - Part 3: The Movement, viewers will see how the Reformation transformed European society and, eventually, left a profound impression around the globe.
Due to the nature of the program and its future broadcast use, we are not able to allow free downloads for 'This is the Life' like we do for our other products.
Here's TV from television's 'Golden Age.' Check out these nine episodes of This is the Life. Watch stars like Jack Nicholson, Leonard Nimoy, Angie Dickinson, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs cut their teeth on their craft-long before they hit the 'big time.'
(Includes subtitles in English)A Man Named Martin-Part 2: The Moment examines the errant teachings and wayward traditions of the Late Medieval Church that eventually sparked the Protestant Reformation, a theological overhaul set in motion most notably by Martin Luther's nailing of the 95 Theses to the church door at Wittenberg.
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