Fear, failure, and the grace we need today

There are few people in the Bible I resonate with more than Peter. Throughout his story, he shows these amazing moments of insight—and often follows them up by sticking his foot in his mouth. Peter is, in many ways, a failure. One just like us.

Peter is a human being, prone to fear and anxiety. Who lacks understanding or thinks he knows better than he does—who lives out of his assumptions about what God is doing, or should do. And when his assumptions are challenged, when his understanding ...