We have looked together at some of the favorite men of the Bible we have traveled through the Old Testament ... and in the last chapter, we entered into the New Testament in the person of John the Baptizer.

Now we pass over the period of the life of Jesus: the coming of the promised Messiah ... the climax of God’s redeeming work ... the time of the Incarnation ... when God became man ... when the eternal entered time ... when the heavenly became earthly.

Two of the twelve apostles of Jesus were chosen as favorite men of the Bible: 1) Peter, whom we shall consider in this chapter, and 2) John, the beloved disciple, whom we shall think about in the next chapter.

Concerning Peter, let us first note several interesting details that we ought to remember about him. Every time the Bible lists …