OPINION —

When Dean and I were enjoying a boat ride on the Sea of Galilee, I thought about that day when Peter and Andrew, and James and John, heard the call of Jesus.

They were ordinary fishermen, fishing for a living, tending their nets. Jesus interrupted their lives with a simple invitation: “Follow me.” Amazingly, they left their nets and their boats and followed Jesus.

Why did they follow a wandering preacher? They had no idea what following Jesus would mean.

Why didn’t they ask the questions you and I would have asked: Where are you going? How far? How long? Benefits? Pay? Those men asked none of those questions. They just left everything and followed Jesus. Why did they, and why do others, follow Jesus?

The best answer for me is the magnetism of Jesus, the drawing power of his

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