Case Study
The following Case Study was developed to tie together a number of concepts on the development of leaders for a course that I developed.
Peter:
Formation:
1) Mt 4:18-20
· How would ...
... to the Torah. This is a passage from the Writings generally considered evidence for dating of the canonisation of the Torah.
2Pet 3:15,16 – The dating of 2 Peter is an ongoing debate with everything ...
... is one thing I struggle with it is that I can so easily identify the silly and the wrong and so often I miss the reality.
I want to try to look through God's eyes and see his reality.
Peter makes this ...
... he appeared, the word would be passed from monk to monk: "The rabbi walks in the woods." And, for as long as he was there, the monks would feel sustained by his prayerful presence.
Peter had walked with ...
... This culture was based around an understanding of and life in the Holy Spirit.
I kind of wonder, whether Peter when he first got up to preach that first sermon after being accused of being drunk, of ...
... point of their pain, the point of their need.
- There was Zacchaeus, Matthew, Peter, a couple of Samaritan women. If we search the gospels we find case after case.
Even the most complete list would ...
... of the family of Jesus not understanding him, his mother understanding but no mention of the rest, this is a minor puzzle
- Simon-Peter was not the leader, he was given some responsibility to the gentiles ...
... other books - gospel of peter, gospel of thomas were written with definite gnostic leanings. Jude 9 actually quotes from an Old Testament also ran.
- gnosticism was a definite threat to the church. It ...
... James, Peter, Jude Hebraic Epistles
Peter Petrine corpus
Revelations Apocalyptic
2) introduction of the concept of redactor
- It must be remembered that these figures are significantly rubbery ...
... we find in the Sinaiaic covenant. Apart from the statement about Peter being the rock on which the church will be built, descriptions and structures of church government and general ministry were identified ...
... the role we normally associate with the terms "minister" or "pastor".
It was James who drove the first council of Jerusalem and Peter influenced the direction by the respect that others had for him. The ...
... time of the first council at Jerusalem (Acts 15) there was a clear distinction between the role of Apostle and the presbuteros or elder. The church is being led not by the pre-eminent Apostle - Peter - ...
... New Testament leadership to realize that practically all the churches and the majority of the Christians are young and immature. Taking many of the examples, from Paul yelling at the Galatians to Peter ...
... vision?
In both the Titus and Peter passage there is some indication that elders were essentially the ministers of the churches. There is an emphasis on preaching and also on pastoral care. Peter th ...
... Their approach to the Apostles was to threaten. Thus they were operating out of legitimate power and out of coercive power.
c) Acts 5:1-10
It is fascinating to observe that Peter in his dealing with ...