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Intro To 1 Peter Pt. 2

October 18, 2020 • Pastor Ben Cross

Over the past 60 years, we have seen a radical shift in American culture. Now, more than ever, the Church needs to have the spiritual discernment of the men of Issachar, “who knew the times and understood what Israel should do.” (1 Chronicles 12:32)

This sermon, we will find that the challenges we face in our present cultural moment is not a new moment at all. It may feel new to us, but what we are facing God’s people have faced, and far worse, for millennia.The prophet Daniel, who was exiled to Babylon, provides an excellent example for how to remain faithful to God and at the same time remain redemptive in one’s impact on a society that is far from God. Daniel demonstrates how we can be like Jesus, people of both grace and truth, as he both blessed and resisted
Babylonian culture.

Please join us in this second of two messages that prepare us for an extended study of 1 Peter, who opens his epistle addressing Christ-followers as exiles and resident aliens in this world.

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