Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 15, “Grow in Grace” 2 Peter 3:14-18 January 13, 2019 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn Tonight, we conclude our sermons on 2 Peter. We spoke last time from this same concluding paragraph about Peter’s comments on the writings of the Apostle Paul, viz. that Paul’s […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 14, “The New Testament Added to the Old” 2 Peter 3:11-18 January 6, 2019 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn We’ve been away from 2 Peter for a month and have but the final paragraph before us. Let me remind you that Peter’s subject in this final chapter […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 13, “Living Sub Specie Aeternitatis” 2 Peter 3:10-13 December 9, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn Last time, from verses 8 and 9 we considered the time of the Lord’s Second Coming; in particular, the long years that have now separated his first coming from his […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 12, “The Second Advent” 2 Peter 3:8-10 December 2, 2018 It is an ancient tradition during the season of Advent (a word that means “coming” or “arrival”) to preach on both of the advents of the Lord, his first coming when born a human baby to […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 11, “Believing in the Flood” 2 Peter 3:1-7 November 25, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn It has been several weeks since we were last in 2 Peter. We spent some weeks in chapter 2 exploring some of the prominent themes of that fascinating chapter, […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 10, “Whistling in the Dark” 2 Peter 2:4-10 November 4, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn I have so far selected from this chapter verses here and there to illustrate Peter’s uncharacteristically severe condemnation of the false teachers whose influence Peter is combatting in […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 9, “The Origins of Heresy” 2 Peter 2:12-16 October 21, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn Our service this evening being shorter than is customary and with such an important congregational meeting before us, I realized that by returning to Second Peter chapter 2 I […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 8, “Was Peter a Calvinist?” 2 Peter 2:1-3; 17-22 September 30, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn This evening I am reading just two sections of this chapter, in fact, the paragraphs that begin and end the chapter. We spoke of Peter’s relentless condemnation of […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 7, “Speaking Ill of Others” 2 Peter 2:1-22 September 23, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn I’m reading the 22 verses of chapter 2 without much in the way of comment this evening. We will read these verses again to other purposes in the coming […]
Download Audio Download Text 2 Peter No. 6, “The Place of the Bible in the World” 2 Peter 1:16-21 September 16, 2018 The Rev. Dr. Robert S. Rayburn Peter has so far urged his readers to press on in their Christian faith, to remember its foundations, its promises, and its purposes. Now he […]