West Erwin Church of Christ Sermon Archives
Encouraging Words for Resident Immigrants This world is not my home as the great old song says. But it is my home for a while. A last look at the message of 1 and 2 Peter to resident immigrants, living in the world but not of the world. - Bill Allen - Thursday, September 25, 2025
We tend to prefer one or the other: grace/knowledge; grace/commandments; grace/truth. Like our Lord Jesus, the apostle Peter says we must grow in both. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Jesus is Coming Again. So what? 2 Peter 3, like many other Scripture passages, affirms the return of Christ and the destruction of the physical world. Does that reality elicit a response from you? Does it inform how you live today? - Bill Allen - Thursday, September 18, 2025
The Day of the Lord...will come. 2 Peter 3 is one of several passages, Old and New Testament, that speak of the Day of the Lord. We'll look at several of those, starting with the apostle's words, on this very difficult 9/11 day. - Bill Allen - Thursday, September 11, 2025
The Day of the Lord...will come. 2 Peter 3 is one of several passages, Old and New Testament, that speak of the Day of the Lord. We'll look at several of those, starting with the apostle's words, on this very difficult 9/11 day. - Bill Allen - Thursday, September 11, 2025
You see the world, and you think, Why hasn't God sent His Son back to earth to be done with all this sin and chaos? And then the apostle Peter gives us the answer. It has to do with His patience; His desire; and His mercy. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, September 9, 2025
You see the world, and you think, Why hasn't God sent His Son back to earth to be done with all this sin and chaos? And then the apostle Peter gives us the answer. It has to do with His patience; His desire; and His mercy. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, September 9, 2025
2 Peter 3:3-7 When others scoff at our faith, it's sometimes hard not to fall into the trap of doubt. The apostle Peter--with a little help from a few Psalms--helps us counter the scoffers. - Bill Allen - Thursday, September 4, 2025
2 Peter 3:3-7 When others scoff at our faith, it's sometimes hard not to fall into the trap of doubt. The apostle Peter--with a little help from a few Psalms--helps us counter the scoffers. - Bill Allen - Thursday, September 4, 2025
A Reminder to Recall and Remember--2 Peter 3:1-2 The apostle Peter calls us to live out the Word of God--seen first in the Old Testament; then in the life and teaching of Jesus in the Gospels; throughout the New Testament letters; and finally in the Revelation as Scripture closes. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
A Reminder to Recall and Remember--2 Peter 3:1-2 The apostle Peter calls us to live out the Word of God--seen first in the Old Testament; then in the life and teaching of Jesus in the Gospels; throughout the New Testament letters; and finally in the Revelation as Scripture closes. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, September 2, 2025
Once Saved, Always Saved? Um, Not According to the Apostle Peter... The blessed assurance we have because Jesus is mine does not give us permission or reason to deliberately turn away from the Word and will of God. I mean, isn't that why the New Testament was written--to tell Christians how we should live? - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 28, 2025
Once Saved, Always Saved? Um, Not According to the Apostle Peter... The blessed assurance we have because Jesus is mine does not give us permission or reason to deliberately turn away from the Word and will of God. I mean, isn't that why the New Testament was written--to tell Christians how we should live? - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 28, 2025
Springs Without Water--2 Peter 2:17-19 False teachers operated the same way Satan does: through manipulation and deceit. But there's a better way--the way of Truth. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Springs Without Water--2 Peter 2:17-19 False teachers operated the same way Satan does: through manipulation and deceit. But there's a better way--the way of Truth. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, August 26, 2025
One of the most surprising stories in Scripture continues the promise that God will punish those who reject His Word. - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 21, 2025
One of the most surprising stories in Scripture continues the promise that God will punish those who reject His Word. - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 21, 2025
2 Peter 2 offers a stern warning to false teachers and all those who seek to subvert the Word and will of God. But it also offers a glimpse why they do that. - Bill Allen - Wednesday, August 20, 2025
2 Peter 2 offers a stern warning to false teachers and all those who seek to subvert the Word and will of God. But it also offers a glimpse why they do that. - Bill Allen - Wednesday, August 20, 2025
2 Peter 2 is a striking condemnation of sinful behavior. But it goes one step further--it proves with example after example God's promise and commitment to punish the unrepentant sinner. - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 14, 2025
2 Peter 2 is a striking condemnation of sinful behavior. But it goes one step further--it proves with example after example God's promise and commitment to punish the unrepentant sinner. - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 14, 2025
There will be false teachers among you. So says the apostles Peter and Paul. And so says the Lord Jesus Christ. - Bill Allen - Thursday, August 7, 2025
2 Peter 2 condemns false teachers and false teaching in the strongest of ways. But it is not alone in that condemnation. This lesson runs through several of the other Bible passages that address this gospel threat. - Bill Allen - Tuesday, August 5, 2025