July 20, 2016
Andrew laughed and responded with a friendly slap on Secundus’ back. “Growing up with Peter was quite an experience. I could tell you story after story of his successes and his failures. Actually, he would tell you the same stories […]
March 10, 2016
I have to surrender it all. Even I, “the great Apostle Peter,” have to do this day in and day out. I can hold back nothing. Anything that I am not willing to lose, anything I am holding onto, will […]
February 4, 2016
What did we the Twelve teach in our morning gatherings at Solomon’s Porch? Mostly what Jesus taught. We didn’t feel we needed to complicate things, just share the Master’s heart. Again, we wanted them to know who Jesus is, what […]
October 28, 2015
For a celebration like Pentecost, Jerusalem might swell to as many as 500,000 pilgrims. I don’t know how many came running up to us, but there was a huge crowd, too many to count. They were from all over the […]
October 21, 2015
I want to tell you what that first day on Pentecost was like. The day the Spirit showed up. As John was finishing his talk that morning the air around me suddenly felt heavy. I don’t know how to describe […]
October 8, 2015
As we returned to Jerusalem we went upstairs to the room where we had been staying. It was Mary’s house, Mark’s mother. You know Mark, my faithful companion, friend, and sometimes secretary. He was just a young man then. As […]
September 24, 2015
Yes, I am Simon Peter, the apostle, but I am just a man. An ordinary man. Like you. But I am not like you. I have learned to live with the power of the Holy Spirit. Of course this does […]
September 16, 2015
One afternoon John and I were going up to the temple at the time of prayer—about three in the afternoon. We were talking about Jesus’ return to heaven, and the coming of the Holy Spirit just a few weeks ago, […]
September 9, 2015
My dear friend Dr. Luke tells me he has comprised a second letter to his friend Theophilus, to explain what happened to all of us after Jesus went back to Heaven. But I don’t need his notes; I remember those […]
January 6, 2015
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness – right choices – in place …” (Ephesians 6:14 paraphrased) What if I asked you to write down the three or four most […]
December 10, 2014
“Losing an illusion makes one wiser than finding a truth.” Ludwig Borne As Paul is sitting in a rental house in Rome with a Roman Centurion guarding him, he notices that this big strong, rough and ready Centurion is very […]
December 3, 2014
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist …” (Ephesians 6:14) As I have read through Ephesians so many times before, I sort of skimmed through the part about “Putting on our spiritual armor.” I couldn’t […]