If Peter wrote a memoir, I could imagine reading something like this: "One night on the seas, as winds blew and the waves beat about in the darkness, a dear friend approached me. He was the most powerful man I have ever met, for he was no mere man. He was the Son of God. I witnessed many of his powerful deeds, saw the lame restored, saw thousands fed from measly portions, and even saw the dead raised. When he came to our side, standing on the turbulent sea, I asked that he pe

We are familiar with the adage, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." When life is bitter, endeavor to make something great out of it; this is good advice: do not get downtrodden by the tumult of life's storms; instead, maintain optimism and bring something good from the situation. Here is better advice: when life gives you lemons, watch for when God makes the lemonade. I know that is a bit cheesy; however, is this not what we see repeated in the lives of those who tak

Anna Brownell Jameson is credited with the saying, "Modesty and chastity are twins." Of course, we know the Scriptures would support such an ideal—modesty representing what we show to the world, chastity representing what we withhold from the world. There are several applications for these twin ideas: wealth, status, and clothing … a more sensitive topic, however, would be that of sexuality. The societal depiction of womanhood is askew. At the time, we would say that men were