Viola on Five Fold Ministry
Andrew Jones provides a link to a document on house church writer Bob Viola on Five Fold Ministry.
Why did Peter put his coat on before jumping in the water? John 21:7
I have the great pleasure of facilitating every week a Bible discussion group with several high school students. We've been discussing the Gospel of John this past year, and we finally finished tonight. We enjoyed the humorous scene John writes about in this last chapter. The great apostle John can't help himself when it comes to embarrassing his fellow inner circle apostle; the denial of Christ, his slowness in getting to the empty tomb, and this event in the last chapter. John 21:7 That disciple whom Jesus loved therefore said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" When Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment, for he was stripped for work, and threw himself into the sea. What's the joke? Well John is the first to realize that Jesus is on the beach, #humblebrag, but then Peter puts ON his coat before jumping out of the boat? I've seen some academic ink spilled trying to explain this weird behavior on the part of this fisherman ( good one
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Great post! I love going to public worship, and I do get a lot of good teaching there, but where I experience the most growth is in the small group setting. We can really get to know each other and hear each other's testimony "in the rough" without the "editing" of content that is often seen in larget group (public) settings. There is also an accountability factor, and that is no small thing.
Just as an aside, how interesting that you posted this BEFORE our meeting today, and that Tiffany shared at the meeting about her church doing the "house church thing". I love to see God work that way in our lives.
Have a most blessed Christmas, and a happy New Year.
Karen