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“To be Spirit-filled is to be controlled or dominated by the Spirit’s presence and power.” - Billy Graham

“Identifying Peter as a ‘rock,’ as the coming human foundation on which the church would be built (16:18a), could be meant to call to mind the famous cornerstone (or capstone) prophecy of Psalm 118:22 (see also Isa. 28:15-19), which will figure prominently later in Matthew … There may also be an...

* This might not be a popular position but I don’t think bulls should be driving on public roads. Driving on the farm? Fine. Driving off the farm? I’m a hard no on that. *

* Never mind. *

“Jesus was saying to Peter, and saying with joy : ‘Peter, you are the foundation stone of the new community which I came to found, for you are the first man to know me and to confess me. In the days to come you will be the steward of my Kingdom, opening the door to those who seek my presence. In...

“(iii) It is then said by Jesus to Peter: ‘Whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven’ (Matt. 16.19). Here we must note two things. First, we must note that it is whatever you bind and loose, not whomever you bind or loose. This...

“(ii) It is then said by Jesus to Peter: ‘I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven’ (Matt. 16.19). The possession of keys always implies very special authority and power. The rabbis for instance had a saying that the keys of birth, and death, and the rain, and the resurrection from the...

Rock God. Rock Abraham. Rock Jesus. Rock Peter. ”To the one who conquers ... I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.” (Revelation 2:17, NET) Rock me. Rock you. Rock on. Rock all who belong to...

* Maybe they all did it. *

* I graduated from high school in 1975. It seems like it was only 25 years ago. I’ve still got business to mind but time for minding it is always quickly drawing to a close. *

“It may be that we will get a better understanding of this saying of Jesus if we in fact avoid the word ‘church’; in modern times it has the ideas of denomination, organization, administration, Protestant, Roman Catholic attached to it. It is true that in Greek the word is ekklesia, but in the...

“Four main suggestions have been made. (a) Augustine suggested that the rock in question is Jesus himself, and that Jesus is saying that the Church is founded on him, and that Peter will be honored in it. (b) It is suggested that the rock is Peter’s faith, that, to change the metaphor, Peter’s...