Category: Beyond Sunday

The Greatest Gift You Can Give Your Child

Every parent wants what’s best for their children. We want them to be healthy. We want them to do well in school. We hope they’ll find meaningful careers, good friends, and someday...

Jesus: The Light of Life

Scripture: John 8:12 When Jesus stood before the crowds and declared, “I am the light of the world,” He wasn’t simply making a poetic statement. He was making one of the boldest...

Feed Your Soul Before You Feed Your Schedule

Scripture: 1 Peter 2:1–3 “So put away all malice and all deceit and hypocrisy and envy and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure spiritual milk, that by it you...

Holiness Is the Fruit of Grace, Not the Price of It

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:17–21 (ESV) “And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile, knowing...

Why Christians Should Look Different

Scripture: 1 Peter 1:13–16 Walk through any crowded airport, shopping mall, or city street, and you’ll notice something interesting. Most people are trying to fit in. Fashion trends, popular opinions, and cultural...

Why Does God Allow Trials to Refine Our Faith?

“In this you rejoice, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, so that the tested genuineness of your faith… may be found to result...

What Does It Really Mean to Have a Living Hope?

“According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.” — 1 Peter 1:3 (ESV) This...

Why Do Christians Feel Like Strangers in Their Own Culture?

“To those who are elect exiles…” — 1 Peter 1:1 (ESV) This past Sunday at Lake Lynn Baptist Church, Cameron Knowles opened the book of 1 Peter with a message titled Strangers...

The Legacy You Are Already Leaving

Many people think legacy begins later in life. It doesn’t. Legacy begins today. You are shaping your legacy with every conversation, every decision, every habit, and every relationship. The reality is that...