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In this episode we look at the the moment where the apostle Peter rises to assume the leadership of The Following. As we observe Peter learn and lead we will get a clearer sense of what it means to be in The Following. How did Peter show those who " have not seen Him, you love Him, and though you do not see Him now, but believe in Him."
That's important because that is us.
Jesus disappeared into a cloud and left his little band of followers with a little job to do. Take the Gospel to the world. When you look around the world today it looks like they did a pretty good job. Today we arrive at the beginning of the transformation from a tiny Jewish sect to a global movement.They needed a leader.Peter Stood Up.
Kitty and I are still getting used to not having our mothers on the same side of eternity with us. So we take a break from our following Jesus following Jesus to think about our mums. there are couple of songs I recorded 38 years ago, HELP!
We continue looking at the experiences of Peter, the guy Jesus put in charge of The Following.
Our son Seth dropped around for pasta after church. I used the opportunity to have a brief chat about The Following. Seth is one of the smartest, well read and theologically formed people I know. He takes after his mother. I asked him to give some thoughts about the challenge of trying to get back and behind the 2000 years of commentary and religious forms and imagine ourselves standing shoulder to shoulder with the first "followers".
Remember we now have an email address if you would like to get in touch.
What would Jesus Do? It is the only real question. Answering it gives you all you need to know.. That is the following. Why is it that the simplest things are the hardest..
I found myself alone in our caravan. It is at place called Matarangi, Matarangi has a rare north facing Pacific beach. I was the to allow a guy to paint said caravan. It gave me some time to think and pray and ruminate on the scriptures. As a result there are a little tweaking I want to share with you.
New Website: TheFollowing.today
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