In a book entitled simply, Saint Peter, historian Michael Grant devotes an entire chapter to Peter's weaknesses. Throughout the gospel narratives Peter shows an incredible lack of comprehension as to who Jesus was and what he was all about. And while none of the disciples come across as exemplary faith models, Grant argues that Peter is portrayed in a particularly unfavorable light.
Peter is cens...
2. The Disciples Were Not Superheroes
Mark 8:27-38
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David A. Van Dyke
The theory was developed by Lawrence Peter and its principle is this: In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his or her level of incompetence. The Peter Principle is supposed to explain occupational incompetence and I wonder if it were applied to the disciples, how they'd fare.
One of the things that makes the Bible and the Gospels so compelling to me, is the humanness of Christianity's ...
