Shape Up
Author-pastor-teacher John MacArthur wrote a book in 2002 called Twelve Ordinary Men. This was an in-depth character study of each of Jesus’ 12 closest disciples. MacArthur describes Simon Peter as the disciple with the ‘foot-shaped mouth’. Jesus gave Simon the name ‘Peter’ (meaning Rock) because that is what Jesus wanted him to become, not what he already was. When you read Jesus addressing him as “Simon”, it’s when he was displaying his flesh and failures; when Jesus addressed him as…