NeotestamenticaDu Plessis, J. G. 1988. Why did Peter ask his question and how did Jesus answer him? or: Implicature in Luke 12:35-48. Neot 22:311-324.Why did Peter ask his question and how did Jesus answer him? or: Impli cature in Luke 12:35-48. Neotestamentica 22, 311-...
Christianity / Jesus / Life of Jesus / Disciples / Why Did Peter Deny Jesus Christ?Overcoming Our Culture’s War on the American FamilyThere’s no question that this upcoming election has created a lot of fear, chaos, and division across the country. Therefore, in today’s episode of The...
When we take up the yoke of Jesus, experiencing God’s grace, we enter into God’s rest. But what is God’s rest? We see this mentioned first in Genesis 2:2-3. On the seventh day, God rested from all the work he had been doing. This does not mean he did nothing on the ...
Why did Homer write the Iliad? Why did Homer write the Odyssey and Iliad? Why did Alfred Lord Tennyson write Ulysses? Why did Marcus Aurelius write the Meditations? Why did Jesus use parables and miracles? Why is the Golden Bough important in the Aeneid? Why did T.S. Eliot write 'Journe...
Then Jesus said to Thomas, “Put your finger here and look at My hands. Reach out your hand and put it into My side. Stop doubting and believe.”Matthew 14:31Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and took hold of Peter. “You of little faith,” He said, “why did you doubt?”...
Peter again told Jesus no. Jesus had just told the disciples that He was going to be delivered into the hands of the elders, the chief priests, and teachers of the law and that He must be killed, only to be raised to life again (Matt. 16:21), but then Peter took Jesus aside and...
Why did God wait so long to send Jesus? I have answered similar questions before regarding the apparent “delays” in God’s timetable. For example, we have previously considered the question, “Why did Jesus wait three days to rise from the dead?” and “Why is Jesus waiting so long ...
for eternity. He loves you so much that every day... every minute... every second God is giving you asecond chance--for the millionth time--to choose Him and trust Jesus. "He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance." - 2 Peter 3:9b...
there’s many other things Jesus did that he didn’t write down and he doesn’t think you could write them all down. There’s so many things you could potentially write down about Jesus. There’s no way he was going to do it all. So why did he choose the things that he di...
On the other hand, for reasons perhaps known only by oneself and God, a good person can choose to turn from goodness and do evil with unrestrained reckless abandon (Ezek. 18:24). “But why?” we ask. Why did Peter, a very good man, deny he knew Jesus? Was it overconfidence? Fear...