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 …
Tag: Peter
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 …
February 23, 2020
Last Sunday in Epiphany Listen. Epiphany is the season where we learn stories that show us who Jesus is. No other event, except for Jesus’ death and resurrection, tells us more about his identity than the Transfiguration (Jesus’ big change). Here in Matthew 17:1-9 God pulls back the veil and we see a glimpse of …
