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Then Jesus grabs him and sets him back in the boat. Note that Jesus doesn’t place Peter back on the water, but back in the boat. I imagine that Peter picked up his oar and started paddling again so ...

By R.A. Mathews “I’m going fishing,” Peter said one night. This was over a week after the crucifixion and resurrection. There ...

In that way, we’re like the Apostle Peter who had left his fishing boat to follow Jesus. But now, in the after-Easter story of John 21, life was spinning out of control. So Peter said to the ...

Despite the wind and waves that were already making their life inside the boat more difficult, when Peter saw Jesus walking on the water, he asked Jesus to call to him. With eyes locked on Jesus ...

When Peter realizes it is Jesus who has called out to them, he hikes up his garments, jumps into the sea and runs to shore. His love for Jesus is so great, he simply cannot wait a minute longer to ...

They answered him, ‘No.’ So, he said to them, ‘Cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will ... So, the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’” ...

“Peter walks a little way out on the ... Do I welcome him, make room for him in the boat of my life — never alone, always with Jesus. Do I hand the helm over to him?” He concluded ...

Peter, at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel—then named Simon—is the first to be called to follow Jesus, along with his brother Andrew. Then, in Matthew’s Gospel it is Peter who acknowledges ...

The disciples. Nobody knows for sure just how long Jesus' ministry, teaching and travelling throughout the Holy Land, lasted. Some say three years, others as little as one. That Christianity grew ...