Entries by Shelly Hahm

First Peter – Part 5

Download Audio PART FIVE Final Greetings (First Peter 5 verses 12 through 14) With the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, encouraging you and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it. She who is in Babylon, chosen together with […]

First Peter – Part 4

Download Audio PART FOUR Cycle 3: The Living Christ In the third and final major section of his letter, Peter lifts up the eyes of his suffering and fearful brothers and sisters to the objective reality of the victorious Savior. Christ’s successful work and triumphant coronation provide the basis for hope and confidence in our […]

First Peter – Part 3

Download Audio PART THREE Cycle 2: The Living Stone As the second cycle begins, we come to the center of gravity of First Peter, to some of the most splendid verses in the entire New Testament. Peter lays out a powerful portrait of Christ our Savior, and then in stirring language, he tells Christians what […]

First Peter – Part 2

Download Audio PART TWO Cycle 1: Living Hope (First Peter 1: verses 3 through 9) Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that […]

First Peter – Part 1

Download Audio PART ONE Greeting (First Peter 1 verses 1 and 2) Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, To God’s elect, strangers in the world, scattered throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia and Bithynia, who have been chosen according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, for obedience to […]

First Peter – Introduction

Download Audio The WELS Mission for the Visually Impaired presents The Peoples Bible – First Peter by Mark A. Jeske. Published by Northwestern Publishing House, Copyright 2002. The People’s Bible First Peter: Introduction EDITOR’S PREFACE The People’s Bible is just what the name implies—a Bible for the people. It includes the complete text of the […]

Second Peter – Part 5

Download Audio Grow in Your Readiness for the Last Judgment After the blast against false teachers in chapter 2, Peter returns to the two earlier themes of respecting the prophetic and apostolic message and living one’s faith. Once again he chides his “dear friends” for their spiritual amnesia and reminds them of things they once […]

Second Peter – Part 4

Download Audio Grow in Your Vigilance against False Teachers Now Peter comes to the grievous and weighty matter of false teachers. The second chapter of his letter is a long, furious blast against these destroyers of faith. It is very unusual writing. As mentioned earlier, it seems as if Peter borrowed quite a few phrases […]

Second Peter – Part 3

Download Audio Grow in Your Certainty of What You Believe Second Peter 1 verses 12 through 15 So I will always remind you of these things, even though you know them and are firmly established in the truth you now have. I think it is right to refresh your memory as long as I live […]

Second Peter – Part 2

Download Audio Grow in Your Efforts to Live What You Believe (Chapter 1 verses 3 through 11) The first weakness among this first generation of believers to which Peter wanted to speak was their lack of growth in Christian living. The church was giving birth to new Christians, but too many were staying babies, and […]