Psalms: 14, 15 Meditation 2 Peter: If I were to apply a word to describe what Peter is saying here, it would be “watch” or “be vigilant”. He speaks of judgment, certainly the great flood, but also of a time when God’s patience runs low as the sands in an hourglass. Further, Peter warns us …
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Friday, August 13
Psalm: 88 Meditation Acts: Boldness begets boldness. This section begins with the boldness of Peter and John. Well, we can’t have that! So now Peter and John were summoned to the Council (of elders) to explain the healing of the paralytic. The Council members did not like Peter’s response thus they told him to keep …
Tuesday, August 10
Psalm: 26 Meditation Acts: John and Peter would go to the Temple at the time of prayer (about 3 in the afternoon). As they walked on, a paralytic lay near the “Beautiful Gate” asking alms of the passersby. Peter caught the man’s eye and told him that he and John had no gold and then …
Friday, August 6
The Transfiguration Psalms: 47, 110 Meditation Luke: The Transfiguration. There are only 3 witnesses to the Transfiguration, Peter, James, and John. These men were privileged enough to see just how Jesus looked when no one could recognize Him on Easter day. Here we see why: “His face changed…” (v. 29) This is what I think …
Tuesday, June 15
Psalm: 58 Meditation Galatians: I am persuaded that Paul may not have been an ingratiating person. All through his walks in Asia Minor and later through Macedonia, the overarching theme is that Paul was an “in your face” kind of fellow, a rabble rouser, as it were. This section of Galatians opens with Paul telling …
Sunday, October 4
Psalm: 118 Meditation Acts: There will be a little confusion here. There are two James’s here. The James in the opening verse is John’s brother – the son of Zebedee. The second is known as “James, the Less” who came to be the leader of the church in Jerusalem. It also seems that Peter was …
Sunday, September 6
Psalm: 63 Meditation Acts: “Judge for yourself whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God.” (v. 19) This same conclusion was arrived at by the midwives in ancient Egypt when Pharaoh decreed that all Hebrew male children shall be killed. That was a persecution. This was to become a persecution …
Friday, July 10
Psalms: 80, 100 Meditation Acts: Luke now shifts his attention to Peter. We all know that God is “no respecter of persons”. Peter knew that, yet in the vision he had just seen he was told to “kill and eat” (v. 13) the clean and the unclean animals. This he protested but the Lord encouraged …
Friday, June 19, 2020
Psalm: 88 Meditation Acts: Peter had just dropped the proverbial bomb on the people’ on this first Pentecost morning, informing them that they were responsible for putting the “Lord and Christ” to death. Acts says the people were cut to the heart [more like terrorized]. Peter then told them how to save themselves “from this …
Sunday, March 29
Psalm: 88 Meditation Mark: Peter’s rebuke to Jesus, it turns out, is in direct opposition to the Father’s will. Selfishly Peter may have meant well, but that would thwart the divine plan. As for Jesus’ followers, “taking up his cross” (v. 35) simply means that discipleship is not cheap – it may eventually call one …
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