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A Christ-centered and Gospel-focused Church in Downeast Maine
Comfort in the vindication of Christ: 1 Peter 3:18-22
For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh...
Jacob Hansen
May 87 min read
Endurance for the Journey: 1 Peter 3:9-14
In 1914, Ernest Shackleton attempted an expedition to be the first team to cross Antarctica. In order to recruit men for the expedition,...
Jacob Hansen
May 16 min read
Five Points of Gospel Community: 1 Peter 3:8
As we have seen in 1 Peter, our faith in the gospel translates into the way we live. When we believe the gospel, it will not remain a...
Jacob Hansen
Apr 104 min read
The Gospel-Shaped Husband: 1 Peter 3:7
Have you heard the one about the husband who had a misunderstanding with his wife? It seems that every comedian has a barrage of jokes...
Jacob Hansen
Apr 36 min read
The Gospel-Shaped Wife: 1 Peter 3:1-6
The gospel effects every part of life. There is nothing else that so thoroughly effects everything about us. Peter spends the first...
Jacob Hansen
Mar 206 min read
The Inward Reality of Christian Submission: 1 Peter 2:16-20
My grandma loved the worst stuff. She had a passion for it. And she was zealous in her regard for the worst things, always trying to...
Jacob Hansen
Mar 136 min read
The outward effect of Christian Submission: 1 Peter 2:13-15
In 1 Peter 2, Peter calls on Christians to submit. We are to ‘ be subject to every human institution .’ In past studies we looked at our...
Jacob Hansen
Mar 67 min read
The ultimate example of Christian submission: 1 Peter 2:21-25
When I was growing up Michael Jordan was larger than life. Not only was he dominant on the basketball court, but he was everywhere. He...
Jacob Hansen
Feb 206 min read
Living in the wisdom of the cross: 1 Corinthians 3:18-23
1 Cor 3:18-23 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may...
Jacob Hansen
Feb 205 min read
The unsettling virtue of Christian submission: 1 Peter 2:13-25
Christians are called to live submissive lives. How did your heart respond when you read that? Maybe you cringe—squirm a little in your...
Jacob Hansen
Jan 235 min read
God's blueprint for making you like Christ: 1 Peter 2:4-12
I remember the proud day when Hannah and I bought our first home. We had been married for just a few years and our small family was...
Jacob Hansen
Jan 235 min read
God's antidote for persistent sin: 1 Peter 2:1-3
We all have certain qualities, patterns, and personality traits that are sinful and that we wish would go away. Don’t be deceived by the...
Jacob Hansen
Jan 235 min read
The Christian call to love the church: 1 Peter 1:22-2:3
Called to love the church It is common in our day for people who profess to be Christians, to have little to no regard for Christ’s...
Jacob Hansen
Jan 234 min read
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