James and John, what Jesus taught them and how they responded. James and John were known as the Sons of Thunder. They were bold, loud, brazen fishermen. Jesus had to teach them not only divine love, agape love, but humility, truth and obedience...
A study of God’s love James and John needed to learn about agape love, sacrificial love. They ultimately learned from Christ what it meant to love God and love people. It’s interesting that Jesus used love to mold James and John and their...
Forgiveness is a work of God alone. Peter was not perfect, but Peter is forgiven. Forgiveness didn’t just come to Peter nor does it just come to us. It requires something from us: repentance. Peter is a model of repentance and he demonstrated his...
A Lesson about God’s Divine Love. Loving someone is not about alleviating their suffering. Peter didn’t want Jesus to suffer, but that wasn’t love and that was the lesson that Peter had to learn. This life isn’t about our comfort, it’s about obeying...
Divine Love versus Worldly Love. One of the great problems in evangelicalism today is that we have moved away from a truly biblical understanding of love. Christians have started speaking about love in the world’s terms. Travis takes us into Peter’s...
A true believer has a relationship with Christ. We have been looking at the characters and lives of Jesus’ chosen Apostles. These men give us examples and encouragement from real people that walked with Jesus. Through the Apostles, Jesus shows us...
Do you sit at Jesus’ feet to learn what changes He wants you to make in your life? Jesus saved Peter to change him and change him He did. Jesus saves us to change us to be useful to Him. Peter was grounded in faith, instructed in hope, and is...
Peter’s life glorified God and yours can too. If you were asked which Apostle you tend to think of first and remember the most, you’ll probably say Peter. Why? Because we know more about him than any of the other Apostles and he’s very relatable...
The Apostles lives give us such hope. We continue in a general way learning why Jesus chose these twelve men. These men were Jesus’ closest friends, and made such a difference in the world. They were unknown, common men, not well-educated, nor...
We are so like these twelve ordinary men. Travis takes a brief look at each of the Apostles. He shows us how all of these men’s lives and their characters help us see who we are. These men’s lives and struggles encourage us as we endeavor to follow...