Satan
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The first thing we need to realize is that this story isn’t about Peter. The second is that our story, therefore, isn’t really about us.
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Jesus’s rebuke of Peter comes after perhaps his greatest moment—a turn around that reminds us that we’re leading with love, not shoring up power.
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I never got the devil. Satan. I never believed it existed. My earliest memories of Satan were the conflicted and stretched arguments of cartoons and Bible stories in church, none of which made the devil ever seem real. It was like thinking thunder came from God bowling in the clouds or stepping on a crack…
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In this week’s piece, we explore the nature of Mark 8:27-38, the story with that great line: “get behind me, Satan!” Ouch! Peter got burned! The big thing about this story is that it is that turning point. The point where everything really does change because its game day. Yesterday was practice, today we play. If we dwell…