Alliance Bible Fellowship

A Gospel-Centered Church in Boone, NC

II PETER 1:19-21

August 9, 2020 Who is an authority over you?  In a country which holds liberty and independence as two of our highest values, who, if anyone, is an authority over you?  Certainly, the violent protests over the past few months have brought that question to the fore.  Are governing authorities over us?  Are police authorities over us?  Some have answered […]

COMMUNION

August 2, 2020 By October 1529, the Protestant Reformation had gained significant momentum.  Twelve years earlier, on October 31, 1517, an Augustinian monk named Martin Luther had posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door in Wittenberg, Germany.  The church door served as sort of a community bulletin board.  His purpose was to challenge his colleagues to a […]

II PETER 1:16-18

July 26, 2020 What is your favorite Jesus story?  There are obviously lots from which to choose – so many teachings, so many healings, so many miracles.  Amazing stories, like when He calmed the storm, walked on water, raised the dead, drove out demons – oh, I know a favorite, when He drove out a legion of […]

II PETER 1:12-15

July 19, 2020 We’ve all heard the variety of euphemisms used for death or dying.  Some go like this: He passed or passed away May she rest in peace They met their demise She is deceased He lost his life She gave up her battle He succumbed to (some disease) Some with a touch of humor […]

II PETER 1:5-11

July 12, 2020 Heinrich Heine was born to a Jewish family in Dusseldorf, Germany in 1797.  He was poet, journalist and literary critic.  It’s interesting to note his cousin was Karl Marx, with whom he shared a friendship, although they disagreed politically.  In fact, for his political views, Nazi Germany later burned Heine’s works.  I’m not sure if it […]

II PETER 1:4-11

July 5, 2020 When I was in the banking industry years ago, I was a branch manager for awhile.  It was a busy branch, so we had lots of tellers.  Here’s an interesting bit if trivia for you.  Before WWII, most bank tellers were men.  But, during the war, as the men went off to fight, the tellers became […]

II PETER 1:1-2

June 28, 2020 Last week, we spent a lot of time talking about why Peter was the author of the book that bears his name: II Peter.  But we didn’t talk a lot about Peter himself.  Anyone who’s read the NT knows Peter played a central role.  In all the lists of the disciples, he’s always mentioned first.  Not just first […]

II PETER INTRODUCTION

June 21, 2020 Have you ever heard someone say, the Bible was written by men, and is therefore filled with, at best, myth and legend, and at worst, propaganda, contradictions, and errors?  That atheists are growing, Christianity is dying, and God is already dead.  Life after death is simply the wistful longings of weak people who cannot […]

I PETER 5:12-14

June 14, 2020 Most of you know Tana and I have quite the ethnically diverse family – Latino, Japanese and Chinese.  I’m actually proud of that – but it has required learning different cultures.  For example, there was a time we had to learn about Chinese New Year and little red envelopes stuffed with cash.  With our Salvadoran […]