West Erwin Church of Christ Sermon Archives
Through the love and Word of Christ, God has given us the assurance and the promises and everything we need for a godly life. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Resident Immigrants: Sharing Your Life and Your Story When the apostle Peter says to always be prepared to tell why you live with hope, the short answer is Jesus. The longer answer--that's your story: your life before Jesus; how you became a Christian; and your life since. - Bill Allen - Thursday, July 10, 2025
Summarizing the book of 1 Peter is hard and easy. At the same time. Hard because there's so much there. Easy because these verses do it for you, affirming the Christian's identity and mission in one short, powerful passage. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Servant LIVING--Part 2 Servant living means humbling yourself and resisting the devil. To do that we must trust God and rely on one another, as 1 Peter 5:5-14 affirms. - Bill Allen - Thursday, July 3, 2025
Servant LIVING In the first few verses of 1 Peter 5, the apostle talks to fellow elders about being a servant leader. In the passage that follows the subject is living as a servant. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, July 1, 2025
A Case Study of a Servant Leader: The Apostle Peter (Part 2) - Bill Allen - Thursday, June 26, 2025
In 1 Peter 5:1-4, the apostle tells us he was also an elder in the church. This lesson takes a look as Peter struggles with being a servant, a leader, and finally a servant-leader. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Elders are Overseers One of the terms used of elders in 1 Peter 5 and other places is overseers or bishops. We see several passages that use that term in this lesson. - Bill Allen - Thursday, June 19, 2025
Scripture calls them elders and overseers. But they are also not only called pastors/shepherds (nouns), they are also told to shepherd (verb) God's flock, the church. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, June 17, 2025
The NT teaching on church leaders is clear and comes surprisingly early in the church's existence. This term elders is used to describe these men who are servant leaders of God's church, and is the focus of this lesson as we look at 1 Peter 5:1-4 and several other passages. - Bill Allen - Thursday, June 12, 2025
The elders are the overseers and shepherds of the church. Peter himself was an elder. So he writes by inspiration and personal experience. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, June 10, 2025
The term "Christian is only used 3 times in the Bible. Here they are... - Bill Allen - Saturday, June 7, 2025
1 Peter 4:12-19 gives the challenging acknowledgement that Christians should not be surprised when we face difficulties because of our faith. How should we respond? - Bill Allen - Tuesday, June 3, 2025
Saying the church is a cultural church is not the same as saying it is a worldly church. Is it? How about that whole "in the world but not of the world" stuff? Hard to understand; even harder to live. - Thursday, May 22, 2025
Saying the church is a cultural church is not the same as saying it is a worldly church. Is it? How about that whole "in the world but not of the world" stuff? Hard to understand; even harder to live. - Thursday, May 22, 2025
Set Your Mind and Heart on Things Above In Colossians 3 the apostle Paul makes that call to set your minds and hearts on things above, not on earthly things. It echoes what the apostle Peter has been saying throughout his first epistle. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Set Your Mind and Heart on Things Above In Colossians 3 the apostle Paul makes that call to set your minds and hearts on things above, not on earthly things. It echoes what the apostle Peter has been saying throughout his first epistle. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, May 20, 2025
New Testament Thou Shalts and Thou Shalt Nots? Yes, the NT has lists of commanded behavior. Seen in the light of the cross of course, but still commands nonetheless on how Christians should live. This lesson looks at the apostle Peter's list in 1 Peter 4:1-11. - Bill Allen - Friday, May 16, 2025
The Surprising Life of Jesus' Disciples People who don't appreciate the commitment Christians have of following the Word of God are surprised that we don't join in with them and their selfish, sinful acts. 1 Peter 4:1-6 acknowledges that response. - Bill Allen - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
New Testament Thou Shalts and Thou Shalt Nots? Yes, the NT has lists of commanded behavior. Seen in the light of the cross of course, but still commands nonetheless on how Christians should live. This lesson looks at the apostle Peter's list in 1 Peter 4:1-11. - Bill Allen - Friday, May 16, 2025
The Surprising Life of Jesus' Disciples People who don't appreciate the commitment Christians have of following the Word of God are surprised that we don't join in with them and their selfish, sinful acts. 1 Peter 4:1-6 acknowledges that response. - Bill Allen - Wednesday, May 14, 2025
"Servant Living" 1 Peter reminds us of the call of Jesus for His disciples to be servants. Perhaps Peter's instructions to Christians resonate from the call of Jesus for His followers to practice servant living. - Bill Allen - Thursday, May 8, 2025
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