Some “rock” Peter turned out to be! Immediately following Jesus’ giving him that new name, the very first thing he did was to say something so stupid that Jesus had to call him a “devil,” and tell him, “You are a hindrance to me; for you are not on the side of God, but of men.” (Matt. 16:23) Some rock! In J.D. Salinger’s novel CATCHER IN THE RYE, fifteen-year old Holden Caulfield gives us this profound theological reflection: “I like Jesus and all, but I don’t care too much for most of the other stuff in the Bible. Take the Disciples, for instance...They were all right after Jesus was dead and all, but while He was alive they were about as much use to him as a hole in the head. All they did was keep letting Him down.” (New York: Bantam Books, 1965, p. 99) Of all the Twelve disciples…
Slippery Rock
Matthew 16:21-28
Matthew 16:21-28
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by Donald B. Strobe
by Donald B. Strobe
Dynamic Preaching, Collected Words, by Donald B. Strobe