Sermons on 1 Peter
A Shared Baptism
A Shared Baptism Acts 2:36-41; 1 Peter 1:17-23 The Third Sunday of Easter, April 23, 2023, at The First Congregational Church of Marshalltown, Iowa Introduction Baptism is universal in the Christian church. Many years ago, I watched a documentary showing a baptismal service in an Orthodox church in Bulgaria, I think. I’m not sure of the location nor of the tradition of the church. There were eight or nine sets of parents with their infants, so perhaps the priest…
Chosen
1 Peter 2:9 IntroductionLast Sunday I spent a few minutes speaking on the parable of Jesus that ended with the phrase, “many are called, but few are chosen.” In common use, it referred to a selection process in which many were invited to compete, but few would be selected in the end. In the Kingdom of God it is different, in that many are invited but few bother to respond to the invitation. The idea that, as followers of Jesus…