A Fragile Stone: The Emotional Life of Simon Peter

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Peter is my hero. I love his impulsiveness, his strength, his weakness, his leadership, his humanity. I find learning about him endlessly enlightening. This isn't one of the better books about him, but it's by no means bad. Card emphasizes his dual strength and weakness, as the title would suggest, and spends a lot of time comparing Peter's life to things we might face.

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It's a valid approach, although not my favorite. Lessons from the Apostle Peter" for example. But for people who want a little more relaxed approach, this isn't bad. And I can never read too much about Peter. Michael Card takes his celebrated skills as a Troubadour and produces an excellent work on the life of Peter. There is a deft mixing of exegetical insights into a devotional flare that makes the book both accessible and inspiring. I purchased this book due to my previous enjoyment of Card's work on the Gospel of John. I was not disappointed.

Peter is analyzed, as the subtitle indicates, through the prism of his personal response to Jesus. His passion as revealed in Scripture is carefully analyzed Michael Card takes his celebrated skills as a Troubadour and produces an excellent work on the life of Peter. His passion as revealed in Scripture is carefully analyzed for both is refreshing transparency and its transformative power. The reader is offered a careful rendering of the sacred text that upholds both the humanity of Peter and the authority of Christ to take him from fishing to apostolic work.

A Fragile Stone: The Emotional Life of Simon Peter

Recently, I've been more attracted to the character studies of biblical personalities. It helps me to better grasp the narrative through the lens of human personality.


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This work is a fine example of that genre and I highly recommend it to those desiring to deepen their love of God's Word. Beautifully written about a beautiful man This book will be read over and over by me. I am fussy about style and correctness of language. This gets an A plus plus. I wanted to know Peter. Feb 09, Rick rated it it was amazing Shelves: This is a gem of a book. I finished it in only 3 days because I couldn't stop reading, I loved it!

Card uncovers personal perspectives about Peter and about Jesus. Some highlights among MANY that struck me: WHEN Peter tried to walk on water: Those who ask for miracles and receive them soon forget. But those who suffer f This is a gem of a book. But those who suffer for Christ's sake never forget. It was his first miracle! This means that the Jews of Jerusalem were preparing and slaughtering their Passover lambs at precisely the same moment the following day, when Jesus, the Lamb of God, was dying on the cross.

After he denies Jesus the third time, Luke records that Jesus turned to him and looked at Peter across the courtyard. The understanding gaze of Jesus could not have been one of disdain or condemnation. That was not Jesus' way. I believe the only look that could have broken Simon Peter was of love and forgiveness. Which is just what we would expect from our Savior.

It has never before struck me with the force of Jesus' kindness and forgiveness as Card reveals it. This book is less than paperback-like pages that go by quickly. It is overflowing with insight and wonderful personal moments. Peter, the leader of the Apostles, may have faltered in his faith, but never in his love for Jesus.

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You will come away with a newfound respect for Peter and especially for the Friend he followed to the end. Nov 24, Amanda rated it it was amazing Shelves: I started falling in love with Peter when I was re-reading the Gospels this past summer. I realized how much I have in common with him, and that no matter how many times he screwed up, Jesus still loved him.

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At that point, I decided I wanted to learn everything there was to know about him. This is the first and only book I've ever read specifically about Simon Peter, but it was exactly what I was looking for. I told a couple of people that Peter is my favorite person in the Bible, and the responses I got were, "Why? Because he's a hothead? He's a bumbling idiot. I think he most accurately represents anyone who is Michael Card presents Peter's relationship to Jesus just beautifully.

It's not just about worship. It is about friendship. A real friendship, with expectations, disappointments, joy, sorrow, the whole nine yards. I think everyone should read this book. It tears away all of the sterile images of Peter and Jesus and replaces them with people. Real people you can relate to. Jun 09, Todd Stockslager rated it really liked it Shelves: Slight but easily-read study of the life of Peter, who in Card's hands becomes the most passionately-colored Disciple and Apostle.

No deep theology, just an interesting portrait. One interesting insight is that Jesus renamed Simon "the Rock" Peter , then never called him that. Card makes a compelling case for Peter as Jesus' best friend. He points to the epistles' reference to the resurrected Jesus appearing first to Peter, a meeting not recorded in the Gospels, as evidence of Jesus going first to Peter to forgive him for the betrayal and strengthen him for the events to come. Aug 31, Bethany rated it really liked it.


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This book humanizes Simon Peter in a way I've never considered before - the ups and downs of trust and love and denial and forgiveness. Seeing him in this light - as a fallible human being whom God trusted enough to entrust sheep-feeding to - reminds me of the love and generosity of our Savior and His desire to use us - even in our fallibility and brokenness - to accomplish great things for His kingdom.

Well based in Scripture, this book does conjecture a little, but posits possibilities rather This book humanizes Simon Peter in a way I've never considered before - the ups and downs of trust and love and denial and forgiveness. Well based in Scripture, this book does conjecture a little, but posits possibilities rather than a thesis.

I enjoyed Card's style and treatment of the person of Simon Peter and would recommend this book. Dec 13, Adam Graham rated it really liked it. Michael Card gives us an inside look at the oft-overlooked Simon Peter. It's rare to read a book about Peter particularly from a Protestant perspective. Card focuses on Peter's emotional life. Card does a good job of getting readers to use their imagination to understand what Peter went through at key points.

Perhaps, if you and I do our best, the same will be said of us someday. Overview Music Video Charts. Opening the iTunes Store. If Apple Books doesn't open, click the Books app in your Dock. Do you already have iTunes? Click I Have iTunes to open it now. A graduate of Western Kentucky University with a bachelor's and master's degree in biblical studies, Card also serves as mentor to many younger artists and musicians, teaching courses on the creative process and calling the Christian recording industry into deeper discipleship.

Card lives in Tennessee with his wife and four children. Manning is the author of HarperSanFrancisco, Card is not a neutral, dispassionate observer when Jesus dismantles Peter's false self of inner agitation, drivenness, bravado and emotional turmoil in order to shape a new creation who will become the unquestioned leader of the apostolic community. A Fragile Stone speaks to wobbly disciples who never seem to get it all together and to naive leaders who think they have.

Michael Card has written a lyrical love song about Peter, and personally, I found the melody contagious. Original, compelling, and full of joy. The Emotional Life of Simon Peter. What would you like to know about this product? Please enter your name, your email and your question regarding the product in the fields below, and we'll answer you in the next hours.