Peter the Apostle

biblical person · 12 episodes

245Hope for the Gentiles 28 Sep 2026 10:28¶ 49 “He’s beginning to put the pieces together. That’s the line from the vision. “Oh, he wasn’t talking primarily or ultimately at least about animals.…” 40:15¶ 152 “So Peter has grown up a lot. Cornelius has undergone a conversion of sorts, going from being an Old Testament God-fearer to being a…” 2:58¶ 12 “Good, so Peter has had a 3-fold vision. He hears voices, which he may or may not be able to understand, calling his name.…”

244The Healings and Visions of the Apostle Peter 14 Sep 2026 36:19¶ 123 “Let’s stop there for a second. “Not so, Lord.” It seems he does know who he’s talking to. He’s talking to Jesus and he…” 38:49¶ 131 “Maybe he thinks he’s pleading this, but he doesn’t say this. He does not say, “Remember your law, Lord. You’ve forbidden me to do…” 43:35¶ 149 “Yes, God repeats himself three times, and Peter keeps saying the same thing. Peter is not getting it. Of course, if you can’t get…”

239The Power of the Spirit and the Role of Deacons 2 Mar 2026 3:40¶ 12 “Peter obviously is not just speaking from his own knowledge. He himself is speaking by inspiration from the Holy Spirit, which is why he…” 20:12¶ 59 “Yes, this is not something that the ordinary church pastor did. This is something the apostles did, and only on these two occasions that…” 20:38¶ 60 “And it was only Peter. It wasn’t even all the apostles, so there’s clearly a narrowness, as you say.”

238On the Third Day 16 Feb 2026 22:07¶ 81 “In terms of the overall structure of the sermon, we can see that the apostles begin with what they’ve got. They’ve just healed a…” 22:39¶ 82 “Then they condense all of redemptive history from there to “He glorified his Son Jesus,” and brings home, “And you’re the ones who denied…” 23:07¶ 83 “Now, in a sense it’s not what we think of as an exegetical or expositional sermon. He’s not preaching through any particular Old Testament…”

236Peter's Pattern for Preaching - Part 1 13 Apr 2026 22:07¶ 66 “All the apostles are out there preaching, but we get Peter’s sermon. This is the first New Testament sermon, so it’s in some ways…” 23:11¶ 70 “Notice the firmness. It’s “this is that” – not “this is kind of that or this is a prelude to that.” 23:37¶ 72 “No, Peter is saying this is the fulfillment, the filling of the prophecy unto fullness, although the prophecy has elements that go beyond the…”

235The Words of the Prophets 2 Feb 2026 19:32¶ 64 “Peter feels he needs to answer those who say, “This is religious babble or just plain worldly drunken babble” by explaining what’s really going…” 20:21¶ 68 “Yeah, it’s not something they do. Peter felt that the argument had enough force to actually use it, and no doubt the people around…” 29:22¶ 93 “Peter has added a couple words for us. He says, “It shall come to pass in the last days.” That’s not in Joel. That’s…”

231The Completion of the Gospel 8 Dec 2025 35:33¶ 119 “Jesus asks, “Do you love me with divine love?” – agape. Peter responds with a different word. “You know that I feel brotherly affection…” 36:09¶ 121 “Then Jesus changes the word. “Do you love me as a brother?” and Simon weeps, not simply because it’s the third time, and we…” 36:58¶ 123 “In the most broad sense, “You’re going to lose control of your destiny when you get old.” That’s not very specific, but Peter basically…”

224Betrayal in the Garden 1 Sep 2025 22:24¶ 87 “The other gospels have told us that one of the disciples drew the sword. It said earlier in the upper room that they had…” 22:41¶ 88 “John to this point has always put himself in the shadows – “that other disciple,” “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” If he didn’t name…” 26:17¶ 98 “There’s a strategy to that, right? You’re following someone and you don’t want to be noticed. You don’t stay right on their heels. Not…”

223The Upper Room Discourse 18 Aug 2025 2:21¶ 7 “We’re not told what exactly everybody said or how they reacted to it, probably with some surprise, and when he gets to Peter, Peter…” 3:25¶ 10 “Jesus is telling Peter, “What I am playing out for you here is a dimension of what will be the Christian life of service…” 6:24¶ 16 “Peter apparently is on the other side of the table someplace so that he has a clear sight of John and begins to motion…”

218Christ's Ministry Continued 9 Jun 2025 14:08¶ 54 “Peter does not say, “Oh, we got that though. That was easy. We understood that. We followed it all. We have notes. Look over…” 28:12¶ 89 “Then Peter rebukes him, apparently taking this for a moment of depression. “Oh no, Lord, it’s not that bad. Yes, the crowds are confused…” 7:01¶ 25 “He does not get very far. The words are basically he begins to walk on water, he takes a step or two and then…”

111Repentance 28 Mar 2022 18:55¶ 45 “We can think here of Judas and Peter. They both were very sorry about what they did. They both wept tears and walked away…”

108The Davidic Covenant 7 Mar 2022 32:17¶ 84 “Now I’d like to go to Acts 2 because this one of the texts that Peter uses on the day of Pentecost to explain…” 35:41¶ 99 “So does scripture have a mistake? No, no. David is a prophet, and prophets – like poets and writers in general – can speak…” 38:19¶ 107 “So there’s Peter’s interpretation of the throne of David. Why was it impossible for death to hold him? Because he’s righteous and he’s God.…”