Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these? This is one of those questions that there is no right answer to. Like, have you stopped kicking the dog? If you say yes, you admit that you had been doing that, but stopped. If you say no, you are saying you still are, that you haven't stopped. So what's Peter supposed to say? Of course, he knows the answer is supposed to be yes. But he also knows that he kind of said that before, and well, you know what happened. He loved Jesus. He wanted to be with Jesus. He did. He meant what he had said before. He did. He just couldn't...