Michael Bouterse

5. 1 Peter 3:1-7 | Michael Bouterse

5. 1 Peter 3:1-7

As marriage rates decline and gender roles shift, does the Christian vision of marriage have anything to offer? In this talk on 1 Peter 3:1-7, Michael Bouterse, Thrive’s local director, unfolds 1 Peter’s instructions to husbands and wives, addressing along the way its many cultural “landmines,” such as: What does the Bible mean by submission? What is “a gentle and quiet spirit”? And why are wives called “the weaker vessel”?

Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include 1 Peter 2:12-18; 3:8; Ephesians 5:22-24; Proverbs 31; Acts 5:29; and Genesis 2-3; 18:12.

2. 1 Peter 1:13-21 | Michael Bouterse

2. 1 Peter 1:13-21

We’ve all met hypocrites—people who speak one way and act another. And religious hypocrisy can be worst of all. God’s solution to rescue Christians from hypocrisy is to make them holy: to change them from the inside out so that their lives and behavior resemble Jesus. In this message on 1 Peter 1:13-21, Michael Bouterse, Thrive’s local director, describes what holiness looks like and how God makes people holy. 

Scripture passages cited in this message include John 20:31; 2:11; 4:53-54; Mark 8:34-36; Matthew 20:26-28; 24:45-51; 1 Peter 2:11-12, 19; 3:1; 5:10, 12; Philippians 1:6; 3:7-14; Hebrews 11:10; Genesis 23:4, 6; 13:12; 14:12; 19:1, 9; 2 Peter 1:3; and 2 Corinthians 5:10.

1. 1 Peter 1:1-12 | Michael Bouterse

1. 1 Peter 1:1-12

According to our culture, the good life consists of comfort, success, and personal fulfillment. But the Bible casts a different vision of the good life as one of cross-bearing, suffering, and discipleship. How can this be? In this opening message in Thrive's series on 1 & 2 Peter, Michael Bouterse, Thrive's local director, offers three reasons from 1 Peter 1:1-12 that God invites us to reinterpret suffering as a grace disguised.

Scripture passages cited (or alluded to) in this message include Acts 2:9-11; Luke 22:31-32; John 17:3; and 2 Corinthians 1:3-6.