Category: 2024
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Day 293: Why Does Jesus Call Peter Simon Bar-Jonah in Matthew 16?
In Matthew 16, Jesus calls Peter “Simon Bar-Jonah”—Simon, son of Jonah. Just a coincidence after mentioning the “sign of Jonah”? Not likely. Both Peter and Jonah ran from their calling, and both were swallowed by failure before being restored. Grace still finds us on the beach, frying fish over the coals, and saying, “Come and…
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Day 293: What Did Jesus Mean by “Upon This Rock?” (Matthew 16:18)
Through the Bible: Matthew 16, Mark 8
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Day 290: Was Peter Faithful or Faithless? (Matthew 14:21-32)
Most of us read Peter’s walk on water as a story of failure. But what if it’s actually a story of faithfulness? Peter obeyed Jesus’ call, stepped out of the boat, and cried to the right Person for help. Sometimes “little faith” still walks further than no faith at all.
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Day 289: Why did Jesus send the Disciples “Only to the Lost Sheep of Israel?” (Matthew 10:6)
In Matthew 10, Jesus sends His disciples out but tells them not to go to the Gentiles or Samaritans—only to “the lost sheep of Israel.” Why? This post explores what that instruction meant, why Matthew includes it, and how it fits within God’s larger plan to bring salvation to the whole world.
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Day 288: How I Love You (A Prayer of thanks from Mark 5)
In Mark 5, Jesus pauses on the way to help an important man in order to listen to an overlooked woman tell “the whole truth.” This prayer of thanks celebrates the Savior who isn’t in a hurry, who listens, and who still calls us sons and daughters.
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Day 287: Sower (A poem based on Matthew 13:1-9)
Through the Bible: Matthew 13, Luke 8
