1 Peter // Pastor Gene Pensiero

Peter’s words were more than a prediction of the future. They were a description of present. Peter likened the devil at large to “a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.” (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Peter was a firebug. He didn’t start any fires that we know of, but he spent a lot of his time talking about fire. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Peter wasn’t a time management specialist, but he dealt with your use of time. He pointed out a fundamental change in your attitude towards time once you become a Christian: Instead of thinking about…

In terms of its sheer magnitude, the daily defamation and reviling Noah and his family were subjected to was way worse than anything you or I will ever experience. Still, we have our persecutions. (…

Peter described a healthy spiritual love-life. He summed-it up using a single Greek word in verse eight, and the word is homophron. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

If you are a Christian and are married, you’re a minister of marriage. It’s not a ministry of counseling others, it’s a matter of following Jesus Christ in your own home. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

You ought to embrace the idea that you’re being watched. It makes you an evangelist before you ever say a word. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)

Milk and mortar may not seem to go together, but they were the perfect combination for the apostle Peter to describe your spiritual growth. One describes your growth as a Christian, the other describ…

There’s a Johnny Cash song, No Earthly Good. Its main chorus goes like this: “You’re so heavenly minded and you’re no earthly good.” I understand his sentiment, but with all due respect to our depart…

Peter says that you do know what your future holds and that Jesus not only holds the future, but He holds you until you get there. (Pastor Gene Pensiero)