Whether in TV or in real life, there's a big difference between being called "a character" and having character. When we call someone "a character," we usually mean they're a little bit quirky - think, in TV terms, of Dr. House or former detective Adrian Monk, for example. You probably know some real "characters" yourself; you may be a real "character" yourself.

But God's desire for you is not so much that you be known for being "a character"; God wants you to be known for having character. In the short New Testament Book of 1st Peter, the Apostle Peter teaches us how to live with the kind of character God approves. In short, our goal is to emulate God's own character. As Peter writes, "But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written, ‘Be holy, because I am holy.'"(1 Peter 1:16)

So what does that look like? What does it mean to "be holy" as God is holy? That's what we hope to discover as we immerse ourselves in the five chapters of Peter's first letter to the Christians of the first century. Join us this summer at Cornerstone as we learn how to develop the kind of character God approves.