Paul’s Call to Elders
Paul knew it was goodbye! He would see the Ephesian elders no more this side of heaven. So in an impassioned appeal he left for elders everywhere a trumpet call to arms. In a series of couplets, he laid out...
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The Up Side of Down
I was witnessed to last week, the first time I can remember. Sherry was a kindly looking lady sitting by the airplane window, probably in her mid-sixties. She made a frontal attack. Point blank, she told me she was a member...
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Peter the Emboldened
To outward appearance, Peter's character may be read on the surface. He is a plain, blunt man that speaks the language of the common day and breathes the desires of the passing hour. He is more like an open book...
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Simon Peter Steps Out in Faith
The close of Matthew 14 presents a scene in the life of Peter on which we may dwell with profit for a few moments. It furnishes a good illustration of his own touching inquiry, "Lord, to whom shall we go?" Our...
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Restoration and a New Commission
The whole Sabbath day Christ lay in the grave. But the resurrection morning comes, and Peter and John, told by Mary Magdalene that the Lord had been taken from the sepulcher, run to the grave, and Peter is outrun by...
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Simon Peter: The Giver
The life of Simon Peter has always been of particular interest to God's people. His very names blend together the human and the divine, even as does Jacob/Israel. How vividly he manifests the frailty of human nature and the rock-like...
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The Object of Suffering
There is something wholesomely energetic about Simon Peter's forthright manner. The Spirit of God always uses the servants of the Lord consistent with their characters, and this is seen here in connection with Simon. The burden of the entire ministry...
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What Rock? What Keys?
For two-and-a-half years our Lord had lived among His apostles. Making Himself of no reputation, He had given them no certain clue to His dignity. Yet "He could not be hid." To quote the words of His evangelist and friend,...
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Peter Prayed out of Prison
Peter had been a leader among the believers in Jerusalem. They had been accustomed to rely on his judgment. They had learned to love him for the manliness of his nature and the generous impulses of his heart; and they...
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