It’s easy to forget Peter was just as human as the rest of us — until you read passages like this one.
You ever see a parent talking to a kid who just isn’t quite getting it? They say something. Then they repeat themselves. Then they realize what they’re saying is going completely over Scooter Junior’s head so they slow it right down. Use small words. They lock in face to face eye contact so that the thing they are saying cannot POSSIBLY be misunderstood?
Yeah. That’s what God is doing with Peter in this section of Acts.
And what he’s trying to teach Peter is just as important for the rest of us.
Sound up!
It took a rude awakening to drive the point home. Which brings us smoothly over to one of Doug’s books we haven’t mentioned in a bit.
John The Baptist: A Rude Awakening Precedes A Great Awakening.
This timely little tome chronicles the politically incorrect ministry of one of God’s most effective wildmen, John the Baptist, who prepared the way for Christ’s ministry.
The abrasive message of repentance John preached 2000 years ago is still confrontational and offensive today — but it is also life-changing.
In our putrid, worldly culture that has turned away from God, this book is a must-read for every Christian.
Available in paperback for those of you who like the feel of the pages in your hot, little hands, on Kindle to keep it right at your fingertips, and as an epic Audiobook.
