The Rectory Window

He appointed Simon (3:16) Tuariki Delamere invented the front-flip long jump. There is only one grainy video of him performing the jump at a regional competition. It was immediately banned as too dangerous and no one has heard of him. Dick Fosbury invented the back-flip high jump. His technique is used by every top high jumper at every significant event. He won an Olympic gold medal and his name is written into history as the Fosbury flop. The difference? Not risk. The actual risk of a broken neck is probably higher in a back-flip than a front-flip. No. Timing! Delamere revealed his at a small local competition so it could easily be banned. Fosbury revealed his at the Olympics. If Delamere had done the same he would be an Olympic gold medalist and everyone would be doing a front-flip long jump, the Delamere roll. Peter is first in the list of apostles because he became the leader of the first church. He seems to have been appointed as such by Jesus. Why? Well I suppose you could say ti

To drive our demons (3:15) This is the third of the three purposes of the apostles. First they are to be witnesses (be with him), second they are to proclaim what they see in public (preach) and third they are to 'drive out demons'. This triplet suggests a process. First see Jesus, second speak of Jesus and third, by such means, conquer evil. In a high security prison in Brasil, two inmates were fascinated by the devil. One volunteered to come off drugs so that he could find out everything he could about the devil from reading the Bible. As he read, he saw Christ, turned to follow Christ and was changed beyond all recognition. The evil that had ruled his life was gone. He told his friend, who also came to Christ. They told the other prisoners who also came to Christ. Eventually the prison was so changed that it ceased to be a high security prison and became an open prison, where the prisoners could go home for the day only to return at night. Cells were no longer locked and the