If You Want to Walk on Water, You've Got to Get Out of the Boat
by John Ortberg
Peter walking on water as the pattern of faith and risk: discerning the call, managing fear, failing, being caught. Ortberg's most popular book and a cheerful case for stepping out.
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Three things you will actually use
- Get out of the boat.
- Fear is part of the walk.
- Sinking is not the end; being caught is.
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Name your boat and your water.
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Out of the boat.
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