"He was just an ordinary guy-a working stiff, a fisherman to be precise. No distinguished family name-all we know for sure is that his father was called John," writes David Gill. "Not a lot of His life money and not much formal education, it seems. revolved around the family business, the sea, the wife, the mother-in-law-you know the kind of story."

Yet this ordinary guy met Jesus, walked with him down the dusty roads of Palestine and had his life transformed.

Now we today, looking at and through his life, can have our own ordinary lives transformed, for Peter had some extraordinary experiences leading to extraordinary insights into life with God.

David Gill looks closely at the key events in Peter's life-his response to Jesus' call, his attempt to walk on water, his witness to the Transfiguration, his denial of Jesus, his restoration to Jesus' favor. From these events Gill draws lessons in evangelism, conversion, discipleship, apologetics and the meaning of the church.

Here is a book to transform lives and change churches.

David W. Gill is dean and associate professor of Christian ethics at New College-Berkeley. Gill's own profound grasp of the Christian faith is informed by serious biblical scholarship and deep personal experience.