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Walking on Water: Celebrating Risk and Failure
In rereading the miracle of Jesus walking on water, I notice a couple of things I hadn’t before. The first is that the water Jesus walked on was stormy. The image I had in my head previously was of Jesus walking across smooth waters, the light dancing across the little ripples. But no, Jesus traversed wind and waves, apparently without any trouble. The second thing I notice is that Peter, not Jesus, initiated the whole walking on water fiasco. Peter challenged Jesus to prove himself. And Peter answered Him and said, “Lord, if it is You, command me to come to You on the water.” Matthew 14: 28 I admit…
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Courting Miracles: Instructions for Walking on Water
The problem with miracles, I have found, is that they are easy to forget. Already I hear dissent. Unbelievers like to claim that if they were to truly witness a miracle, then and only then would they lay down their unbelief. But in my experience, miracles don’t even make believers believe. Consider the Hebrews. The Red Sea parted for them, and they were led by a pillar of fire by night and a cloud by day. Bread rained down on them. Tangible corporate miracles and yet, no heart change was evident, and only two of the original generation set foot in the Promised Land. I first noticed this tendency for…
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