2009-10-01T22:52:15-05:00 GCI info@gospel.com http://www.gospel.com/feeds/topics/peter http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2014:22-33&version=NIV 2009-10-01T22:52:15-05:00 Can you imagine what it would be like to see Jesus walking on water? Maybe it's not hard in this age of special effects, but back when Jesus walked on water the disciples had good reason to be fearful: they had never seen anything like it before. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2026:69-75&version=NIV 2009-10-01T15:38:48-05:00 Peter was Jesus' most faithful disciple--but even he denied Jesus when Jesus was arrested and put on trial. Jesus later forgave him, but this passage remains a heartbreaking story. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%201:40-42&version=NIV 2009-09-28T17:22:40-05:00 Andrew brought his brother, Simon, to Jesus to join him. Jesus renamed Simon, Cephas (or Peter), which means Rock. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016:18&version=NIV 2009-09-25T10:21:53-05:00 Not even hell itself can stand against the church of Christ. Death and hell have nothing with which to threaten a follower of Christ. http://hutchcraft.com/a-life-that-matters/radio-program/big-time-fishing-8278 2009-09-16T14:25:55-05:00 When it came time for our family vacations when I was a kid, one person had the deciding vote for where we’d go–my Dad. He did the work; he picked the vacation, which meant we would go fishing. I thought it was boring—my Dad thought it was great. Listen, he would have gotten along great with a guy named Simon Peter. Yes, he was one of Jesus’ disciples, but he never stopped fishing. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2014:30-32&version=NIV 2009-09-09T12:07:39-05:00 When Peter's faith starts to waver, he cries out for help--and Jesus immediately reaches out to save him. In the same way, Jesus responds to our prayers and pleas for help by reaching out to us. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=John%2021:15-19&version=NIV 2009-09-04T12:13:05-05:00 Bible had infamously denied Jesus in the darkest hours of Jesus' life, but here is the moving account of Christ's reinstatement of Peter. If Peter found forgiveness, and even a place of honor as a disciple, after denying Christ, then Christ's forgiveness truly is open to all! http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016:18&version=KJV 2009-09-03T10:15:17-05:00 Nothing can stand against an endeavor that is supported by God and built on His teachings. Jesus predicts that not even hell itself will prevail against (overcome) His church. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts%205:14-16&version=NIV 2009-08-06T16:17:24-05:00 Such was the fame of Peter and the disciples that people thought that just being touched by their shadows would be enough to heal them of their ailments. http://biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%2016:13-20&version=NIV 2009-07-20T10:55:05-05:00 The New Testament suggests that there were many theories and ideas about who Jesus really was. In this passage, Jesus asks the question point-blank to Peter, who confesses that Jesus is the Son of Man and the Son of God--the prophesied Messiah.