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Peter’s Diagnosis

Let us muse again today from Matthew 14:27-31 and Peter's perception problem. We are studying these days on the subject of Peter's learning of discernment. This is the story of sight living while walking on the water. In verse 31 of our text…
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Peter Looks Around Instead Of Unto

Let us muse again today from Matthew 14:27-30 and Peter's perception problem. We are looking these days at Peter's learning of discernment. I want to see in verse 30 of our text that Peter looks around instead of unto Him. He sees the storm…
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Peter’s Fleece

Let us muse again today from Matthew 14:27-29 and Peter's perception problem. We are pondering today Peter's learning of discernment in putting out a fleece. When Peter says if it is you bid me walk on the water it  is a type of Gideon's fleece.…
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Peter’s Learning Of Discernment

Let us muse again today from Matthew 14:27-28 and Peter's perception problem. I am pondering today Peter's learning of discernment. It is here in verse 27 our Lord says to  them be of good cheer, it is I, be not afraid. Peter's response to…
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Peter’s Perception Problem

I want to muse for the next several weeks on the subject of Peter's perception problem. It is not my intentions to hammer on Peter but for us to see even one as close as Peter to Christ can magnify what it is to walk by sight and not by faith.…
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Love’s Final Thought

Let us muse today on a final thought about love. Carl Barth the great German theologian during the time of Hitler decided to take a leave of absence from a position as a college professor. He intended to go to every major coastline in the…
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Replacing Love With Our Name

Let us muse today from I Corinthians 13:4-8 and replace charity or love with our own name. tom suffereth long and is kind, tom envieth not, tom vauneth not himself, is not puffed up. tom does not behave himself unseemingly, seeketh not his…
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Christ Replacing Love

Let us muse today from I Corinthians 13:1-3 and replace the word charity with Christ. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, have not Christ, I am become as sounding brass or tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, in…
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The Supply Of Perception

Let us muse today from I Corinthians 13:12a and a section I have entitled the supply of Christ love. Today we will see the supply of perception. Paul tells us in verse 12 a  we look through a glass darkly. The word glass speaks of the mirror…
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The Supply Of Permanency

Let us muse today from the I Corinthians 13:13a and the supply of permanency. Today I want us to see the permanency now. Paul says and now abides faith, hope, and charity. The word abide has the idea of an enduring fix standing. Paul says…