Synonyms: simon, simeon, caphas, disciple, evangelist, the 12, the twelve, apostle, fisherman, petros, rock, stone
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King Duncan
... from human eyes until now. John would later write of this moment: “The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14) Up until then, Peter, James and John may have struggled with the idea that Jesus was a great holy man, a great teacher, a mystic, a prophet. In his transfiguration, however, Jesus erased all those ideas. He isn’t just sent from God; He is God come to earth to ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... are found in the book of Acts. In this notable history of the happenings of the early church, Luke records eight of Peter’s sermons, nine sermons by the Apostle Paul and seven more from others. It has been figured out that about one fourth ... to be forgiving. "Folks who think God’s will jest has to do with sufferin’ and dyin’, they done missed the whole point."1 I still pray for healing. I think we all should. Through word and prayer the sick person is comforted and strengthened. That miracle I ...
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Leonard Mann
... ; It will joy and comfort give you; Take it, then, where’er you go. As I think of it now, I am quite sure that Peter and John and Paul would have liked the message of this song. Because this is just what they did - they took the name of Jesus ... touch of his hand upon our lives, his forgiveness, his blessing, his help. We seek through prayer, and through prayer receive. We are told in 1 Timothy 2:5 that there is "one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." We are told in Hebrews 7:25 that "he ...
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James Merritt
... to move this world by criticism of it, nor conformity to it, but by the combustion within it of lives ignited by the Spirit of God.”[1] There was a pastor who was trying to dramatize the coming of the Holy Spirit to his church. For his grand finale he secretly put ... To Share Now the final piece of the puzzle that makes up the church is to be put in place. Beginning in verse 14, Peter preaches the first sermon in the history of the church. You might say this is opening day. This is the grand-opening of what ...
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... to you or just the hecticness and angst of life catches up to you? We all fall back on something. Some people bake or cook, some people do crafts, some people yell and scream, some folks watch movies, some people eat. What do you do? The Apostle Peter went fishing. The passage for today takes places after the resurrection. John 21:1-19 (NRSV) [1] After these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias; and he showed himself in this way. [2] Gathered there together were Simon ...
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April Yamasaki
... on the day of Pentecost when the Holy Spirit came with power on the gathered believers (Acts 2:14ff.). Peter healed a crippled beggar at the temple gate in Jerusalem (Acts 3:1-10). He was arrested and testified to Jesus' resurrection before the religious authorities (Acts 4:1-22). When one of Jesus' followers in Joppa fell ill and died, Peter even raised her from the dead (Acts 9:36-43). One day, Peter received a strange vision of something like a huge sheet filled with all kinds of animals. A voice said ...
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Fredrick R. Harm
... over this year's journey toward another Christmas celebration. May each of us embrace it with joy! Returning to the question with which we began -- "Will it end with a bang or a whimper?" Dear friends, after listening to Peter, it really doesn't matter, does it? Amen. 1. The Complete Poems and Plays of T. S. Eliot (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company Inc., 1952), p. 344. 2. John Dryden, "Design" quoted in Masterpieces of Religious Verse (New York: Harper and Row, Publishers, 1948), p. 9. 3. Elizabeth ...
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John E. Harnish
... stones built into a spiritual house · Stone of stumbling, a rock of offense · Chosen race, royal priesthood, holy nation, God's own people So if you want to know what makes us peculiar, look at the connected images: 1. WE ARE A HOLY NATION. Right off the bat, it is obvious Peter is not talking about political citizenship in the nation or state. He is not advocating the divine right of kings or manifest destiny. Nor is he suggesting that one political nation or state is somehow more holy than another ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... bloodied. Later in life, he recalled raising his battered lips to the ear of his mother and asked, "Mama, who is Christ?"1 Unfortunately their history is full of these experiences. Most of us Gentiles have little experience with that kind of persecution. We who ... to his sermon. We are told: The Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard the word. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles, for they heard them speaking ...
360. The Rock Of Faith
Matthew 16:13-20
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Roger G. Talbott
... that his faith, such as it was, was only second-hand. Most people don't meet Jesus in a blinding flash of light, like Paul did on the Damascus road. Most of us meet Jesus the way Peter did. Jesus comes into our lives usually through someone else, just as Peter's brother, Andrew, introduced him to Jesus (John 1:41). So also, we have been introduced to Jesus through a parent or grandparent, a Sunday school teacher, a friend, a spouse or relative or neighbor or co-worker. He becomes a part of our lives ...
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Brett Blair
... . It is so easy to get caught up in trivial interpretations of scripture and miss the point. Take a look at John 21:11: "Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn." Now, why ... fish in the first row, and 16 in the next row, and 15 in the next row, all the way down to a row of 1 you get a perfect triangle which of course symbolizes the Trinity. Jerome, he also lived in the 5th century, suggested that there were 153 different ...
362. The Lonesome George Church
Matthew 4:23-25, Matthew 4:18-22, Matthew 4:12-17
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Leonard Sweet
... to follow Jesus preaches its own sermon on Jesus’ profound power and presence. Note also how Jesus’ “call” has a prophetic ring to it (compare with Elijah’s call of Elisha in 1 Kings 19:19-21). Jesus is not issuing a mere invitation; he is giving an authoritative order. At the sound of Jesus’ call, Simon Peter and Andrew leave their nets, their profession and their livelihood. James and John leave not only fishing, but family, abandoning the security of a trade and a tribe, in order to follow ...
363. Step By Step
Acts 11:1-18
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Billy D. Strayhorn
... not only survive, but thrive. What an awesome responsibility and what an awesome challenge God has given to parents. In parenting, just like in faith, we discover that we have to take every day and every situation, STEP BY STEP. Peter did that with the Disciples in Jerusalem after he was sent by God to visit Cornelius and his family. Let's look at that passage. Acts 11:1-18 (NRSV) [1] Now the apostles and the believers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also accepted the word of God. [2] So when ...
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John R. Brokhoff
... run hitter. Not many people know that he struck out more times than he hit home runs - 1,331 strike outs, 1,331 failures to hit the ball, 1,331 failures to hit a home run! Parents today are experiencing the tears of failure in ... the damage done by our failure to be true to Jesus is repentance. Remorse was the way of Judas, the way with a dead end. Repentance was Peter's way, the way back to Jesus. Repentance is more than remorse for failure. It goes farther by going back to the One you failed. This is ...
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King Duncan
... life. Now it’s time for us to do our part. Every faith journey, no matter how rocky, begins with getting out of the boat and walking toward Jesus. Are you ready to take that step, even if it’s a baby step like Peter’s? Jesus is waiting for you. 1. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1017918/sneakers-market-value-forecast-worldwide/. 2. “'Jesus shoes’ with holy water in the soles are selling for $4,000” by Caitlin O’Kane, CBS News, October 11, 2019, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nike-air-max-97 ...
366. The Empty Tomb
John 20:1-9, John 20:10-18
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Mark Ellingsen
... tomb was empty. We call this second set of stories the empty tomb tradition. Our gospel lesson for today from John employs this empty tomb tradition (all the way to the point where Peter and the beloved disciple return to their homes [John 20:10]). The other tradition of stories (the appearance tradition) is especially evident in our second lesson from 1 Corinthians. It is also evident in the gospels of Matthew (28:9-10, 16) and Luke (24:13-53). (Also see the longer ending of Mark [16:9-20].) At any rate ...
367. The Pointer
Mark 6:14-29
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Ron Lavin
... away the sin of the world!" The next day, upon seeing Jesus coming toward him again, John exclaimed, "Look, here is the Lamb of God!" (John 1:29, 35). John pointed to Jesus as the Lamb of God. That Jesus is the Lamb of God assures us that forgiveness of sins is ... I can boast on the day of Christ that I did not run in vain or labor in vain. Holding fast to the word, like John, Peter, and Paul, we point to Jesus, not ourselves. We are called to point to Jesus, but we are also called to point to the sins of ...
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Durwood L. Buchheim
... they arrested them and put them in custody until the next day, for it was already evening. But many of those who heard the word believed; and they numbered about 5,000. (4:1-4) The wealthy, aristocratic party of the Sadducees was annoyed by Peter’s sermons. First of all they were offended by Peter’s emphasis of Jesus’ resurrection, because they did not believe in life after death. Since they were wealthy people who lived in comfort, prestige, and power, the last thing they wanted was any disturbance ...
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Siegfried S. Johnson
... with flame. And buried God no deeper than our hearts." (2) I address a similar poem to our enemy. "You say you buried Peter, Elijah, David, (not to mention you and me) under an avalanche of guilt and unworthiness. But God calls us still to have bodies ... . The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, O God, you will not despise." (Psalm 5: 1). David descended to the lowest point of his life and recovered. Wounded. In Pain. Serving Still. Vance Havner wrote, "God uses broken ...
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James Merritt
... 16:7 says, “For the Lord sees not as man sees: man looks on the outward appearance, but the Lord looks on the heart.” (1 Samuel 16:7, ESV) Whenever anyone walks into a church, the only thing that matters to God is not the color of their skin or the kind of clothes that they wear, but the condition of their heart. Then Peter slams the point home with the force of a sledge-hammer. “Now, therefore, whyare you putting God to the testby placing a yoke on the neck of the disciplesthat neither our fathers ...
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Carl Jech
... anything but a rock. He had been fearful and insecure. When the chips were down, he denied he even knew Jesus. In the book of Acts we finally see Simon transformed into Peter. How appropriate that perhaps the most famous church in the world, St. Peter's in Rome, is named after this transformed disciple of Jesus. 1. A Cocoon Is A Great Place To Be From The story of the Resurrection is not so much a story about the empty tomb as about changed lives. In recent years, the butterfly has become an increasingly ...
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King Duncan
... I quit my medication! . . . Homicidal tendencies, my foot!" Now we move way back! And the last guaranteed conversation stopper read like this: "You're sitting in it now." (1) Not that we would do it deliberately, of course, but sometimes it can be interesting just to tune in on the conversations going on around us. Peter, John, and James had the most wonderful opportunity imaginable to eavesdrop on a conversation--a conversation featuring the three greatest religious figures who ever lived--Jesus, Moses and ...
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Daniel G. Mueller
... I am in the Father and the Father is in me?" To Thomas Jesus said, "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life" (John 14:1-11). On several occasions the Lord testified to his Godhood. "I and the Father are one," he said (John 10:30). "All things that the Father ... way, that’s okay. I do my best, but it’s really God who takes care of me." What a beautiful confession of faith. Just like Peter’s, "It’s good, Lord, to be here." Sometimes I wonder how well we know what is good for us. From some of the things we ...
374. The Tragedy of Caiaphas
John 18:1-27 · John 11:45-47 · Matthew 26:36-75
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Lori Wagner
... Visions, to Moses Face to Face (Numbers 12:6-8) The Budding of Aaron’s Rod (Numbers 17) Micaiah’s Vision (1 Kings 22) David’s Prayer (1 Chronicles 17:16-27) Psalm 69: David’s Prayer for Help in the Midst of Persecution Psalm 109: David’s Prayer ... Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Then he returned to his disciples and found them sleeping. “Simon,” he said to Peter, “are you asleep? Couldn’t you keep watch for one hour? Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The ...
375. Keeping Shut About the Good News
Acts 3:1-10; Acts 4:13-20
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John E. Harnish
... the story of John and Peter and this first healing of the Christian era gives the trajectory God had in mind for the church and perhaps a pattern for the healing of the church today. 1. You can't share if you don't care. The story begins with John and Peter on their way to ... . And she cared. You can't share if you don't care. 2. You can't give what you don't have. Well, when old, impetuous Peter saw the man, he said, "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I have I give unto you." And in a daring moment of ...
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