Luke 5

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The disciples focused on what they could control: the state of their nets.

As if fishing for people sounds any easier.

Jesus calls Peter. But there's a catch.

It's no surprise that Nicodemus goes home befuddled. If discipleship doesn't come with some confusion, it probably isn't Jesus you're following.

Last fall a friend of mine attended a lecture at the University of Mississippi delivered by Stanley Hauerwas. His talk was followed by an invigorating, hour-long question-and-answer dialogue. My friend reported that afterward he and some students, another minister and several laypeople went to someone’s house and talked about God for another hour or so. How novel.

By Luke 5 Jesus is master not only of the word of God, but also of fish.