Members and friends sitting together drinking coffee, talking, laughing, and enjoying the blessing of Christian fellowship before Bible Study starts.
Members and friends sitting together drinking coffee, talking, laughing, and enjoying the blessing of Christian fellowship before Bible Study starts.
"I love the house where you live, O LORD, the place where your glory dwells."
-Psalm 26:8
This is why we gather.
Thomas Westra, Pastor
Living Hope in a Hostile World:
A Study in 1 Peter
Our world doesn’t seem to know what to do with suffering, even though it is everywhere. We hide it. We mask it. We pretend it’s not there. But it still hurts.
Suffering is universal. Tears are the same whether you are black or white, young or old, financially well off or struggling to live paycheck to paycheck. And when life hurts and dreams lie broken, it is easy to lose hope, to become trapped in a dark room of misery and disappointment.
In his letters, the Apostle Peter writes to people who have just turned their backs on the pagan world by being baptized into Christ’s name. As a result, they face intense pressure from persecution and from suffering. How are they—and how are we—to live in hope in a hostile world? Peter points us to a hope beyond suffering, and he shows us how to stand fast in the grace of God even as we live under the cross.
Join us for this study of the 1st Letter of Peter, Sunday mornings from 9:55 to 10:45, beginning April 21st. I promise it will be worth the effort.
