A Community of Witness (1 Peter 2:9-17)

“[Christians] dwell in their own countries, but simply as sojourners. As citizens, they share in all things with others, and yet endure all things as if foreigners. Every foreign land is to them as their native country, and every land of their birth as a land of strangers. They marry, as do all [others]; they beget children; but they do not destroy their offspring. They have a common table, but not a common bed. They are in the flesh, but they do not live after the flesh. They pass their days on earth, but they are citizens of heaven. They obey the prescribed laws, and at the same time surpass the laws by their lives. They love all men, and are persecuted by all. They are unknown and condemned; they are put to death, and restored to life. They are poor, yet make many rich; they are in lack of all things, and yet abound in all; they are dishonoured, and yet in their very dishonour are glorified.”

— Letter to Diognetus, 2nd Century

A Community of Witness (1 Peter 2:9-17)
Rev. Nathan Barczi

Love Each Other with ‘Stranger Love' (1 Peter 4:7-11)

“Love has redeemed His sheep with blood;
And love will bring them safe to God;
Love calls them all from death to life;
And love will finish all their strife.”

—William Gadsby, “The Love of Christ is Rich and Free”

Love Each Other with ‘Stranger Love' (1 Peter 4:7-11)
Rev. Bradley Barnes

A Living Temple (1 Peter 2:4-10)

“For Peter, identity begins with such questions as, ‘Who is my God? Whom do I trust? What is my community?’ The question ‘Whose am I?’ Has more weight than ‘Who am I?”

— Daniel M. Doriani

A Living Temple (1 Peter 2:4-10)
Rev. Nathan Barczi