Posts Tagged ‘Peter’

  • E100-67: John 18:1 – 40: Jesus secret and three betrayals

    Apr 21, 11 • E100, Jesus, JohnComments Off on E100-67: John 18:1 – 40: Jesus secret and three betrayals
    E100-67: John 18:1 – 40: Jesus secret and three betrayals

    In this chapter, we get the climax of John’s series of sayings where Jesus echoes the divine “I am” cf. Exodus 3 (E100-17: Exodus 3-4: Getting the holy between your toes!), and we also notice how amid powerful people who seem muddled and out of control, Jesus (the one who seems to be the victim) [&hellip...

  • E100-93: 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:12: A Living Hope

    Aug 25, 10 • 1&2 Peter, E100Comments Off on E100-93: 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:12: A Living Hope
    E100-93: 1 Peter 1:1 – 2:12: A Living Hope

    This epistle is a bit of a puzzle it presents itself as written by Peter, Jesus’ rough practical fisherman disciple, but it is written in smart literary Greek and the style seems to reflect Hellenistic rhetorical training. (As well as the sort of knowledge of Scripture we might expect from Peter!) Perhaps it was written [&hellip...

  • E100-75: Acts 10:1 – 11:18: Good News for All

    Jul 30, 10 • Acts, E100, Jesus, NTComments Off on E100-75: Acts 10:1 – 11:18: Good News for All
    E100-75: Acts 10:1 – 11:18: Good News for All

    In Matt 26 when Peter was supposed to be praying with Jesus he went to sleep, here a similar physical need interrupts his prayer, he’s hungry (in Peter’s retelling says he fell asleep here too 🙂 But God uses the two situations quite differently – here his hunger gives him a vision! When God says… [&hellip...