We return to First Peter this Sunday and jump right into a passage that is challenging for many Christians: their relationship to the broader culture, especially non-Christians in positions of authority and leadership. What should our posture be toward the authority structures God has ordained for us? Although we may be tempted to find ways around Peter’s bracing instruction, the better answer is to sit at the apostle’s feet and see through his words the example of Christ and the hope he gives believers everywhere who suffer unjustly.
This spring, we begin a new sermon series through the letters of the Apostle Peter. 1st and 2nd Peter were written to Christians who were navigating their new identity as people of God while still living and working in the world.
