Reading Journal

On Wednesday, I read the third chapter of the book. "Andrew--the Apostle of Small Things." I really enjoyed reading about Andrew's example of simple service and how no act is too small. MacArthur pointed out that it was Andrew who brought the boy with the loaves and fishes to Jesus. Andrew was quite as skilled at finding the one lost sheep as his brother (Simon Peter) was at finding lost herds. I really enjoyed this chapter. My one peeve was that it made a little too much use of the word "obscure" and it's various forms. Oh, well. Can't have it all.

Quotes
ch. 2 ("Peter--the Apostle with the Foot-Shaped Mouth")
p. 37: "If Christ in His perfect humanity could not pour equal amounts of time and energy into everyone He drew around Him, no leader should expect to be able to do that." That was in regards to why there seemed to be 3 (Peter, James, and John) who Christ kept exceptionally close. The LDS church views that as Christ setting up the first First Presidency.

ch. 3 ("Andrew--the Apostle of Small Things")
p. 82: "All the fruits of Peter's ministry is ultimately also the fruit of Andrew's faithful, individual witness." One of the facts that I was really glad I learned from this chapter was how Andrew was the one who brought Peter to Christ (in a physical sense).