Seven Truths to Endure the Fire
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 4:12–19.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)We suffer persecution because it is a privilege to bear Christ's name, to suffer with him, and to rejoice in the coming revelation of h...
8 Sep 201931min
Leaning Forward Together
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 4:1–11.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)Christ's determination to suffer for us steels us to suffer for the will of God. He is judge and saviour of the living and the dead. We ...
1 Sep 201937min
Holding Onto Christ’s Victory
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 3:8–22.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)Peter urges his readers to love each other and bless even their enemies who cause them to suffer. This arises out of revering Christ as ...
28 Jul 201938min
The Paradoxes of the Christian Life
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 2:11-25.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)Christians are free in Christ, free not to indulge themselves but to submit to authority so God is glorified by a watching world. If th...
14 Jul 201941min
Honoured Disciples of the Rejected Christ
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 2:4-10.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)Those who believe in Jesus are people called to the highest honour, whatever our neighbours think of Jesus and of us. Instead of being d...
7 Jul 201950min
Holy Fear and a Glorious Future
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 1:13-21.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)Christ has ransomed us from the old futile way of living, and our entire hope rests on the grace he will bring at his coming. Hosted o...
23 Jun 201943min
Imperishable Hope
Bart Byl on 1 Peter 1:1-12.Series: Stand Firm in Grace (1 Peter)In the grievous trials Christians experience in a hostile world, we rejoice in what can never be taken from us: glorious final salvation...
16 Jun 201950min
A God-Sized Project
Bart Byl on 1 Chronicles 29:1-20.Israel’s leaders respond to David’s challenge to give freely to the temple project.. Supreme sovereignty still belongs to God, and he is still worthy of extravagant gi...
26 Mai 201943min
