Pastor Lester Bentley

Tag: Spirituality

  • Haggai: Living with a Kingdom Perspective

    Haggai: Living with a Kingdom Perspective

    With the conclusion of our series on Obadiah, a series that gave us better perspective on how to treat our brothers and sisters, our friends and fellow Christians, I thought it would be interesting to look at one more minor prophet, Haggai! It is a book that during a dark time in my life, challenged…

  • Peter: The Disciple part 7e

    The Lion Who Roars I Peter 5:8-10 During the time of the Roman empire lions were frequently portrayed n aggressive poses in statues and in mosaics on buildings and in public squares. Peter comes along and suddenly paints a word picture describing the devil as roaring lion. In fact Peter uses words and “Be sober,…

  • Peter: The Disciple part 7b

    Three Vices Which Elders are Prone I Peter 5:1-5 Peter urges the elders of all Christian communities to which he writes to exercise their leadership roles as a shepherd looking after a flock of sheep. Perhaps, this is why Christ three times asked Peter, “do you love me?” Each time the question was asked and Peter…