Acts 1-6 Peter had no sense of the phrase “political correctness.”  He was bold and in-your-face.  He did not candy coat any hard truth.  For this honesty, he was flogged, thrown in prison, and forbidden to speak in the Name of Jesus.  Yet he chose to obey the Lord rather than those in authority who told him to stop talking about Jesus. There will likely be a time two thousand years later when we are called upon to do the same as Peter…to throw political correctness out the window, to rely on the Holy Spirit to give us words to … Continue reading Politically Incorrect

Luke 24; John 20-21 Competition is on my mind tonight.  A close reading of John 20 and 21 uncovers a competitive streak running between John and Peter, at least in John’s eyes. …John is careful to say not once, but twice, that when he and Peter raced to the tomb to see if the women were correct about it being empty, he (John), got there first.  Apparently winning the footrace was important to him! …John records Peter’s conversation with Jesus after he appeared to them while they were fishing.  In his account, Peter looked back at John and asked Jesus … Continue reading Feeding the sheep

Matthew 27, Mark 15 Both of these crucifixion accounts tell of the curtain in the temple being torn in two, earthquakes and other frightening events happening at the moment of Jesus’ death.  But Matthew says that people who had died who were holy came out of their graves and appeared to many people.  They were resurrected! How did I miss that all these years of reading the gospel accounts?  I guess this just proves that no matter how many times you read the Bible, God always reveals more and more to you, bit by bit. I’m so glad that the … Continue reading The torn curtain