October 16 | Acts 5:1-3 “Now a certain man named Ananias together with Sapphira, his wife, sold a piece of property and he withheld from the value, together with his wife’s knowledge, and brought part of it and laid it at the apostles’ feet. But Peter said, “Ananias, why did…
September 29 | Matthew 14:29-30 “And He said, “Come,” and Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the strong wind he was afraid, and when he began to drown, crying out saying, “, save me!”” (Matthew 14:29–30) I’m fascinated…
Did the Apostle Peter boast too much before his denial of Christ? This is an interesting question to consider. I don’t know if I would call Peter’s responses to Jesus boasting. I think he thought he could handle whatever was in front of him. But on the night when Jesus…
In what ways did the Apostle Paul and Peter disagree? To my knowledge, there is only one disagreement between Peter and Paul. Paul mentions it in Galatians 2:10-14. When Peter visited Antioch, and the Christians there, even though he was the first apostle to witness to the Gentiles at Cornelius’…
Image by Frank Winkler from Pixabay Which “rock” was the church founded upon? In Matthew 15:18, Jesus tells Peter after his confession of faith in Jesus as the Son of the living God that he will build his church on this rock. Throughout centuries of church history, scholars and theologians…
Image by Ri Butov from Pixabay Why does the Bible say we must forgive seventy seven times? Is 7 a holy number? This question comes from Matthew 18:21-22. Jesus has been talking to the disciples about forgiveness, and so Peter raises a question about personal forgiveness of a brother (believer).…
Why did God change people’s names in the Bible? Beginning with Abraham, Sarah, and Jacob, and going into the New Testament when Jesus changes Simon’s name to Peter, God has been changing people’s names throughout Scripture. But to many people this is a strange thing. God changes people’s names for…