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Lead Pastor of Upwards Church: Leander & Jarrell, TX

Resilient Leadership – Pastors, Elders, Overseers -1 Peter 5:1-4

Posted on November 18, 2025 by dkoop

As we go through the Scripture, we often notice that the figure of a shepherd is one of the most heartwarming pictures of the relationship that God has with his people. It’s a picture of care and diligence.  In verses … Continue reading →

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Resilient Marriage – Wives – 1 Peter 3:1-6

Posted on November 11, 2025 by dkoop

We’ve come to an important theme of this letter, the example and the person of Christ in 2:21–25. In all cases, Christians are to present themselves before a watching world as people who emulate Jesus. We are to pattern our … Continue reading →

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Resilient Marriage – Husbands -1 Peter 3:7

Posted on November 11, 2025 by dkoop

Marriage is hard work, consider the plight of a young husband who has been married about one year, and he writes with some trouble, but he writes this letter in the vernacular of the computer world. He writes the letter … Continue reading →

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Grow in Your Salvation – 1 Peter 2:1-10

Posted on November 7, 2025 by dkoop

Peter is interested that the believers do some growing. Non-growing believers are a problem in every age. Some have been saved for years but are still in the nursery spiritually. 1. Our Privileges Driving Growth (1 Peter 2:1) “Therefore” (1 … Continue reading →

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