So many of us believe we have done something God could never forgive. We’ve gone too far. We’ve done too much. We’ve made too many mistakes. But if it is not true of Jesus it is not true of God. What we learn from the life of Peter is no one is beyond the forgiveness of God.
Jesus tells his disciples they will all fall away, but Peter insists he is wrong! Jesus responds to him with a prediction. “You will deny me three times tonight.” Peter again insists Jesus is wrong. But, as it turns out, Peter is the one who is wrong. Forget about the fact that Peter just turned his back on his friend at the moment of his sentencing. Forget about the fact that Peter was a coward. Those things are true … but Peter, as a disciple was supposed to long to be noticed as disciple of his rabbi. Instead, when noticed, he rejects it.
And what does Jesus do? He looks right at him when it happens (according to Luke). Then he is marched to his death. But the he comes back from the dead and speaks again to Peter. “Do you love me, Peter?” Jesus asks three times. Peter, replies three times, “Of course!!” Why three times? Because that was the number of times Peter previously denied Jesus. But that’s not the end of the story, is it?
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April 14 2024: A Lament for Everyone - Hannah Thom
March 31 2024: The Wounds Are Still There - Michael Hidalgo (Easter Sunday)
The Cursed and Disgraced - Maggie Knight
March 17 2024: The Coronated King - Hannah Thom
March 10 2024: What is Truth? - Michael Hidalgo
February 25, 2024: No Jury Needed - Michael Hidalgo
February 18, 2024: Under Arrest - Hannah Thom
February 11, 2024: You've Got to Let it Go - Michael Hidalgo
February 4, 2024: Growing Everywhere - Mattie Motl
January 28, 2024: A Religion of Liberation - Michael Hidalgo
January 21, 2024: Wake Up! - Hannah Thom
January 14, 2024: The Pain of Reconciliation - Michael Hidalgo
January 7, 2024: It’s Not Going to be Like That - Paula Williams
December 24, 2023 (Christmas Eve): Right Where You Cannot See It - Michael Hidalgo.
December 17, 2023: The Lack of Denial - Michael Hidalgo
December 10, 2023: And Then I See a Darkness - Hannah Thom
December 3, 2023: The Name of the Moment - Michael Hidalgo
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