by Peter Barfoot | Aug 9, 2025 | Blog
We tend to see spiritual gifts in isolation, and number them accordingly— especially the nine gifts listed in 1 Corinthians 12. But exercising a gift can lead to the development of other gifts. Timothy’s “good warfare” involved faith and a good conscience (i Timothy...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 9, 2025 | Blog
Not surprisingly, most of us are sceptical about things that are presented as supernatural, since clever illusionists and religious charlatans have proved themselves more than willing to relieve us of our money. So what might we make of a story in which angelic...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 9, 2025 | Blog
The New Testament reveals how the presence of the Holy Spirit supplied exactly what the early church needed in every situation and circumstance. The Holy Spirit will do the same for you today, because when you receive the Holy Spirit… 1. You will have the FIRE of the...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 9, 2025 | Blog
In the first verses of 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, the Apostle Paul refers to “a man in Christ” being caught up to the “third heaven” and writes of not knowing whether this man was “in the body or out of the body”. He identifies the third heaven as “paradise” and then...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 9, 2025 | Blog
There is a sharp contrast between the pleasant verses of Jeremiah 17:7-8 and the unpleasant ones that precede them. Instead of the “blessed” man who “trusts in the LORD” we read of the “cursed” man who trusts in himself and other...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 9, 2025 | Blog
Charisma is the instantaneous enablement of the Holy Spirit in the life of any believer to exercise a gift for the edification of others.” (Dr. Spiros Zodhiates) Charisma come from the NT Greek word “kairo”, which frequently is translated...