When God brings us to a situation that seems too much to handle, we can ask Him for deliverance. I’ve always been heartened by the fact that Jesus prayed in Gethsemane, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done” (Luke 22...
In Luke 22:31-32, Jesus prays for Peter that his faith may not fail and charges him to strengthen the rest of the apostles. In these and many other examples, Peter is justified before God. Matt. 26:75; Mark 14:72; John 18:17, 25-27 – Peter denies he knows Jesus and loses ...
” (v.25). Of course Jesus didn’t utter this as a disrespectful insult; that would’ve been inconsistent with his entire way of being. The word “foolish” was more akin to “slow-of-heart,” like the Texas-expression
Ignatius speaks of "betaking himself to the Gospel as the flesh of Jesus, and to the apostles as the presbytery of the Church," and adds, "the prophets also we love," thus showing that it was to the Scriptures he was referring (Ep. ad Philadelphenos, § v, ed. Iefele). ...
Some even hold Scripture’s position to be an “archaic, historically conditioned mentality” or “outdated” in regard to the biological and social domain, the text notes. It also notes that “it is deduced by some” that the “exclusive enhancement” of the heterosexual union ...
Peter spoke fast and first, “You are the Christ.” Mark 8: 29 The Christ is the One whom the nation of Israel had long-awaited. Many Jews today still look for the Messiah. Most have given up and now subscribe to the nationalistic view of their existence. Their religion has been reduc...
Let’s think about Peter minute.He gets trouble.He argued Jesus(Mark 14:31), disobeyed Jesus when he fell asleep (14:37), used his sword cutoff highpriest’s servant (14:47, John 18:10), denies Jesus three times (14:66-72), yetafter all Jesusessentially makes him newchurch (...