Christ Church Bentonville

A Cross-Cultural Home (1 Peter 3:1-7)

Peter encouraged wives to be subject to their husbands for their own physical protection, for their own spiritual growth, and for the sake of their husband’s souls. 

Our War and Our Peace (1 Peter 2:11-25)

How are we to live in a culture and society in which we are exiles and sojourners?  In humble submission, pursuing holiness, and bearing witness to our Savior.

The People of God (1 Peter 2:1-10)

For those who have been born again, our lives are not simply characterized by repenting and renouncing sin, our lives are also characterized by positive growth that takes place in community.

Hope and Holiness (1 Peter 1:13-25)

Peter begins to weave the glorious truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ together with the implications and applications for the Christian life of holiness flowing from that good news.

The Grace That's Yours (1 Peter 1:3-12)

Our hope is not in ourselves or in our circumstances.  Our hope is in the grace of God.  And that grace is ours.

Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter 1:1-2)

Peter seeks to encourage and instruct Christians who are navigating and living in a world in which they do not fit or belong.

Final Words (Genesis 49-50)

The final words of Jacob and Joseph (and Genesis) include prophesies given, professions made, purposes identified, and promises to which they were clinging.

God With Us (Isaiah 7:1-17; Matthew 1:18-25)

Advent is about preparation.  It’s about anticipation.  It’s about celebrating the announced arrival of our Savior’s first coming and about making ourselves ready for His second coming or his return that has been foretold as well.

A Life Well-Lived (Genesis 47:27-48:22)

Our call is not to be like Jacob but to exercise the same faith he exercised.

You Have Saved Our Lives (Genesis 47:13-26)

Thanks be to God that Jesus, the greater Joseph, has saved our lives!

Going Down to Egypt (Genesis 46-47:12)

God will keep His promises through the one man whom He has chosen, the Lord Jesus.  

Forgiveness and Reconciliation (Genesis 42-45)

Joseph was able to objectively observe the change in his brothers over an extended period of time that ultimately rebuilt the trust necessary for him to reveal himself, to draw them close, and to embrace them.