No, that is not a fast food sandwich.  I'm talking about Peter...the apostle Peter to be exact.  We can identify with him can't we?  Bold one minute and chicken the next.  Peter's courage facing the evening possee was in the genre of True Grit.  Peter's denial of Jesus is more like...gulp...the rest of us.  Haven't you choked at some point in your witness?  Even though you made a commitment to not be ashamed of the gospel of Christ that is the power of God unto salvation to all who believe.  But I suspect that Peter's denial (though sad) was not the real failure here.  (John 18:15-18).  I probably should but I don't remember ever going out and "weeping bitterly" after a blown opportunity.  I think there was more going on here than what we traditionally have discussed.  We know Peter loved Jesus or he wouldn't have been in that spot in the first place.  However, does it ever happen that courage gets in the way of obedience?  Does bravado ever get in the way of wisdom?  Of course, we see it often.  I think that Peter's denial was a symptom of another failure and the rooster revealed the chicken...not for a lack of courage but for a lack of listening and obedience.  Think about it.  More on Sunday, July 31...