Messages from August 2023

This week Pastor Peter unpacks Hebrews 7:1-10 and answers the question: How do we overflow in heartfelt worship when our worship so easily slips into moral living? 7 For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of God Most High, met Abraham and blessed him as he returned from defeating the kings, 2 and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything. First, his name means king of righteousness, then also, king of Salem, meaning king of peace. 3 Without father, mother, or genealogy, having neither beginning…

This Sunday, Pastor Peter walks us through Hebrews 6:13-20 where the author describes a time of difficulty and encourages us to persevere. How do we keep hope and faith when we go through trials? “For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater to swear by, he swore by himself: I will indeed bless you, and I will greatly multiply you. And so, after waiting patiently, Abraham obtained the promise. For people swear by something…

Last Sunday, we unpacked Hebrews 6:4-8 which included a warning that God provides out of His deep love for us. This week Pastor Peter walks us through Hebrews 6:9-12 which shows us the comfort that we can find in that warning. It is difficult to stay diligent in a hostile culture. But God sees us in our struggles and we can endure and persevere because of the promise of eternity with Christ through faith. 9 Even though we are speaking this…

Hebrews 6:4-8 provides a helpful warning to ground our faith in Jesus Christ. Pastor Peter guides us through these verses and unveils Jesus’ work to save us and how much he loves us. “For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, who shared in the Holy Spirit, who tasted God’s good word and the powers of the coming age, and who have fallen away. This is because, to their own…