Tag Archives: 1 Peter

Resilient Church – 1 Peter 5: 5-11

As Peter had presented the best plan for house-hold relationships, so here he described the best plan for church relationships. The younger men should accept the authority of the elders, meaning to submit to their decisions and to treat them … Continue reading

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

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

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

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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