Tag: Peter
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Sit Down You’re Rocking the Boat: Trust Insights from Jonah and Peter
Peter, the impetuous one, speaks out ‘You are the Messiah’ and Jesus responds by blessing him. He also calls him ‘Simon, son of Jonah’. I haven’t truly noticed this before, but now it has me questioning. ‘Simon’, I know is the name his father had given for him, the name he had gone by before…
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Dressmaker
We do not know how old Dorcas when she died, only that she was a maker of tunics and clothing for widows, and that she was ‘devoted to good works and acts of charity’. And, it seems, that the saints and widows couldn’t spare her just yet.
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Only Words
All of the Bible passage set for this week concern language and how we use it; the prophetic passage from Isaiah includes this verse which I think needs to be our watch word as Christians, and if there is just one thing you are to take from this week’s sermon this would be it: The…
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Do you have anything to eat?
As Jesus eats, their wonder and disbelief doesn’t disappear, but is overshadowed with the joy of Jesus’ presence in their midst once again. Joy that he is here, and they have missed him so much, joy that he is alive, joy that his teaching has not been nullified by crucifixion.
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The Cock Crowed
The cock crows, and at that point everything changes. Night becomes day, Maundy changes to Good, Jesus’ arrest becomes his crucifixion. Peter will look back on this day as the one in which he truly knew himself.