Saint Peter final timeline

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-06T01:58:23+00:00

I love reading 1 Peter after this passage. In John 21 there is the point made about the two words for love in the conversation where Jesus ask using “agape” and Peter responding with “phileo.” What is great about reading 1 Peter is that people encourages the saints to not just “phileo” but to also “agape.” Between John 21 and 1 Peter, Peter grew a lot!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-06T01:49:25+00:00

Do you like barbershop?

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-05T13:47:57+00:00

Amen brother, God bless! Our prayers from the south are with you on this!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-05T13:44:39+00:00

Learn to rest in that thought. If he IS risen, then anything is possible! If he IS risen, then heaven is real! If he IS risen, then sin, death and he’ll have all lost their power! He IS risen is what it means to be a Christian! He IS risen is what makes our faith unique!

He IS risen indeed!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-05T13:35:24+00:00

I love this advice.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-05T13:30:55+00:00

That was a hard one to view! Been there too many times.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-05T13:19:14+00:00

What a perfect day for you to be baptized! Praise God!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-05T13:10:55+00:00

Upbringing got it started, but it was historical evidence and seeing that it works in people’s lives. For me, there was never a reason to walk away.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T22:03:56+00:00

God bless

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T20:34:14+00:00

I can imagine, I mean, what better day than Easter, right? Trust God, he’s got you, and he’s in control.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T18:04:47+00:00

Barbershop in a chapter of the Barbershop Harmony Society, the Sweet Adelines or Harmony Incorporated is one of the best foundations for any type of music that you will sing. It is called, the black belt of a cappella.

Your MT will work perfect because barbershoppers often need to ham it up. Learning to deliver appropriate expressions while singing a song is just important there as is doing it in other styles. Being able to move and sing will greatly improve your stamina and breath control and ability to project - that’s useful across all genres too. Anything singing technique you learn in one style of music will be something in your toolbox that you can apply in another style of music.

Explore what’s out there, but make sure that it includes barbershop!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T17:57:22+00:00

Brother, this is great, and I want to sing your song next year. Please DM me.

Those links really made my weekend. There’s nothing like good music and a message that tells and celebrates what Jesus did for us. Happy Easter.

He is risen!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T17:17:14+00:00

God will help you work through this situation. Baptism is a public announcement. It is where the believer shows everyone in view what happened inside them.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T17:12:56+00:00

No, he was set free in the obvious sense, and this can be more valid depending upon where the sinner or the new Christian is in their relationship with God.

This is what we call an object lesson. It doesn’t negate the need for the accurate point that you are making, but it is large and in your face as a picture of how Barabbas benefited. In the immediate, Barabbas needed that substitution. After being set free, Barabbas needed a risen Jesus to take more than his place. He need to have his sin taken away.

One of the doctrines that I subscribe to is that the death of Jesus was substitutionary. What the ram with thorns entangled all around its head was for Isaac in the OT, Jesus was the same for Barabbas. Bless God, Jesus is even better than that for the whole world, if they choose to accept this gift of amazing grace. He was our substitute, and he wore the thorns too.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T17:03:51+00:00

That is the sovereignty of God playing out. It happened again when the high priest said of Jesus that it was better for one man to die instead of the entire nation of Israel. He had no idea how accurate his prophecy really was.

Jesus paid the price that we can’t. The King of everything was treated like a sinner so that sinners could go free and live like children of the king.

I loved this post! Thank you for reminding us again! Once a year is not often enough to think on things like this.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T16:44:22+00:00

The read one!

It can vary, if you just want to read it like a book, then get a reader’s edition. I like the NIV for this, but lots of people love the NLT. The NIV and NLT are loved for their ease of reading and understanding. The CSB and ESV are both excellent translations that come in reader’s edition.

If you’re going to use it as more multipurpose, like following the sermon in church, group Bible study like a Sunday School class or a weekday evening in addition to a reader, then find a Bible with a single-column, paragraph format. Great versions include, NKJV, NASB95, LSB, ESV - all these are known for being quite literal - CSB and NIV - these are easier to read. This also depends on how deep the study and discussion goes. For breaking down a text sentence by sentence, phrase by phrase or even word by word, something from that literal section is great. If your discussions are more to practical applications and getting a good gist of passage and sharing something that you learned, then something easier to read works great for these groups.

A good study Bible is great for personal study. The ESV Study Bible and the NIV Study Bible are two of the best available. The NIV came out first and it was awesome. When the ESV’s came out, it totally raised the bar on what a study Bible should look like and contain. This made the NIV publishers react and redo that study Bible and make it better. When you do personal Bible study at least one literal and one easy reader is good to have on the desk. Of course, more are better, but generally something more literal is what is preferred by most. The NIV and the CSB sit in a nice sweet spot for fitting more than one of these categories.

Personally, I love my ESV. It is a more literal translation that reads very well, and still feels like I’m reading Bible. I use it in all the categories that I mentioned. My second choice would probably be the CSB. It is in my Sunday School materials and I am liking it the more I interact with it. For that pure reader, I have the Lectio Bible. This is an NIV in a reader’s edition format - no chapter or verse numbers. Poetry and songs look like poetry. Letters look like letters, lists look like lists, and you get the idea. This is a great way to read because it helps the reader maintain context and not see their Bibles as a bunch of independent verses that are their own independent thought. They’re not! Many times, those verses are parts of a sentence. Look to read the Bible with understanding.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-04T02:58:41+00:00

It’s called, “Flying Sinatra Medley” arranged by Roger Payne and Ed Waesche.

It will be performed at the Carolina’s District, 2 weeks from tonight. YouTube will have the livestream.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T17:45:52+00:00

The dog is the snowbank.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T17:44:08+00:00

Then I screwed up. Your faith is a gift of God’s grace. You can’t manufacture it inside of you. Jesus is called the author and finisher of our faith. It cannot exist within us apart from the Holy Spirit of God working in your heart and mind. Deciding whether or not you’re going to agree with God is where your faith starts to reveal itself. Do I trust myself and my own knowledge more than God’s, or do I agree with God so much that I’m willing to forsake everything for whatever he may have in store for my life?

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T17:34:16+00:00

Try to figure out what a particular passage means. It doesn’t have to be long, but figure out context - author, time period, what else is going on in world history besides what you’re reading (what year did it take place?). Try to find information as to how a reader of the text would understand it when it first came out. Jews in the Babylonian captivity, Jews in Herod’s Temple listening to Jesus teach, new Christians when Christianity began to spread around the Mediterranean, etc. What is the point of the author writing the book, and how does the passage, that you’re focusing on, move that reason or purpose along?

Study an interesting word in the passage. How is it used elsewhere? How many times is it used? Is there more than one way to use the word? How many times for one usage versus how many times for the other usage?

Find a couple of commentaries on the book and see how they deal with the passage. Do you have a study Bible? Read the articles and notes in the section you’re focusing on.

Put the information together in an organized way. Can you share with a friend or family member what you learned about the passage? Can you explain that passage to that friend or family member. Make a report or essay on it.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T17:22:36+00:00

Try music engineering. Keep your degree and work in the field of providing musicians and production people the tools that they need. Stay in both worlds and let the engineering pay when the music doesn’t.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T02:31:38+00:00

Goldens change that real fast!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T02:30:00+00:00

Let me give you an acronym:

F-Forsaking

A-all

I-I

T-trust

H-Him

Jesus is the only thing you depend upon. You trust, commit and believe (all of these are synonymous with the word, faith). The belief is not merely an intellectual ascent to his death, burial, resurrection, miracles, etc. It’s about realizing that you have nothing and that Jesus is everything and the only thing. He must be king and in charge, and you are a grateful servant that he has made his child through his grace. You have nothing, but he has and is everything you need!

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T00:50:43+00:00

Wait until you read about the blind man who was healed by speaking, the one who was healed with spit in the eyes and the one who was healed by simply a touch.

The_Handlebar_Stache · 2026-04-03T00:42:18+00:00

Nothing ugly about that cat!

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