Let me recommend a good book on the calling of the disciples. “Twelve Ordinary Men” by John MacArthur gives a good account of all the disciples calling as well as a character study on each of them.

Thanks again for the comment.

For example, how would this idea make sense of Matthew’s calling? If Jesus was a rabbi, then there’s no reason to think Matthew would have followed him. Matthew had a Roman job and was an outcast from his society. He would have thought a rabbi was insane for saying, “follow me.” And there’s no reason to think he would have wanted to follow a rabbi. He had, in fact, chosen to align himself with the Romans. It would be like an American military officer asking an American Taliban member to come join our army. Would that make sense to anyone?

Also, why would Jesus have been rejected in his hometown? If he was a respected rabbi, they would not have questioned why this son of a carpenter was acting as if he had some authority to teach. Had he been a rabbi, he would have been known as one with authority to teach.

I just think its a shame that a lot of kids today don’t start their work careers until after their school careers, being “thrown” into the ring with a pro rather than working their way up?

– Me and my sister wanted to clean cars one summer (Age 14) “The Shining Car Wash, Co.” never registered, never really operated, we made sales calls to family friends to come over so we could get 5 bucks

I remember being a camp counselor with Tim. Tim was running around at night and while going down the hill, the sprinklers came on and scared the begeebees out of him. It literally knocked him off his feet. Quite a sight.

For myself, the worst job growing up was New China. This was the chinese food place in the mall. It was my turn to wash dishes. I started to fill the sinks and opened the box of dish soap to a gazillion cockroaches. They scattered so fast. Not a pretty sight. To this day it is still puzzling why they liked the soap more than the food.