II Peter

Sermons based on readings from the Second Letter of Peter

A Sermon for the Last Sunday before Lent (19/02/23): The Guarantee of the Transfiguration

(Matthew 17:1-9) II Peter 1:16-21 How do we know that Christianity is true or good or even useful? Here we are spending our time and energy on it. We devote ourselves to a particular set of commitments and a particular lifestyle that grows our of those commitments. We tell a story and try to allow …

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A Sermon for Aldersgate Sunday (22/05/22): Make Every Effort to Support Your Faith

II Peter 1:1-11 [Aldersgate Sunday is the Sunday before 24 May, the anniversary of John Wesley’s conversion experience, which Methodists recall as the starting point of our tradition] Peter reminds his friends, and through them he reminds us:His divine power has given us everything needed for life and godliness.This is literally the first thing which …

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