What was Jesus getting at when he asked Peter, as recorded in John 21, if he loved him? Here’s the text: After breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these”? “Yes, Lord,” Peter replied, “you know I love you.” What is hidden from the English text is that…
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A Jesus question
The book of Mark is attributed to John Mark, a young disciple who traveled with Paul and Barnabus. John Mark left them and Paul was so angry that it led to an argument with Barnabas causing them to separate and John Mark went with Barnabas. So how does his record end up as one of…
Toward right thinking 4
We live in a world where truth seems undefined, or at least debatable. So…if we knew how to think correctly we would know how to understand truth. Peter wrote to letters which we include in the Bible as 1 and 2 Peter. In 2 Peter 3:1, he writes, “This is my second letter to you,…
