“Those who read the Bible know it’s no secret that Jesus called Simon His apostle ‘Peter,’ a word meaning ‘stone‘ or ‘rock,” says Kovacs. “And this stone called Peter can represent all believers who repent of their sins to follow God and feed the sheep, as he was famously ...
Jesus’ “Hour” was not a single instant, but rather a series of events, each one fulfilling a part of all that had been announced and prepared from all eternity in the Plan of God, and all leading up to the great Work of Redemption. So too now, when He says “It will arrive, c...
Jesus Calls Peter (1:40-42) James J. Tissot, 'The Calling of Saint John and Saint Andrew' (1886-94), gouache on paper, 9.7x6", Brooklyn Museum. The two disciples who have begun to follow Jesus aren't quiet about their discovery. They tell their friends. We don't know the identity...
[Later He calls them His emissaries.][a] He wanted them to be with Him. He sent them out to spread the good news 15 and to cast out evil spirits [and heal diseases].[b] 16 Here are the names of the original twelve: Simon (whom Jesus called Peter, meaning “the rock”), 17 ...
Jesus calls Himself God and the Son of God in many verses of the Gospel of John especially. His apostles John, Peter, and Paul likewise say many times in all of their New Testament writings and books that Jesus was God and the Son of God. When His apostle Thomas saw the Glorified ...
“Repent, and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ so that your sins may be forgiven; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you, for your children, and for all who are far away, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to him...
“When [Peter and John] were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and every...
Read that again. Peter just said no to He whom he calls Lord. Can we say no to the Lord and still rightly call Him Lord? To acknowledge Jesus as Lord is to do what He says and never say “no” to Him. If we say no to the Lord, is He really the Lord of our lives? Jesus ...
Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael 43 The next day Jesus decided to leave for Galilee. Finding Philip, he said to him, “Follow me.”44 Philip, like Andrew and Peter, was from the town of Bethsaida. 45 Philip found Nathanael and told him, “We have found the one Moses wrote about in ...
Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White Houseby Peter Baker Peter Baker and his wife, Susan Glasser, are great writers. Baker is a political reporter fortheNew York Times. This is an engaging survey of the entire Bush-Cheney years in the White House, and it’s very well done. The...