by Peter Barfoot | Jul 10, 2025 | Blog
Think of your spiritual life as a bus or railway journey. You get on with the thought of getting off at your destination. If you get off before your destination, you’ll not reach it. Why would you get off? Attraction? Distraction? Maybe catch the next bus or...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 10, 2025 | Blog
My wife Lorraine’s signature dish is Cottage Pie, which is great on the day but even better the next day, after the flavour has seeped through the (usually large part). Leftovers have their value, and not only in tasty leftover dishes! While...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 10, 2025 | Blog
I love to read of the outpouring of the Spirit in the upper room on the day of Pentecost; however, a second outpouring took place a little over a decade later, in the house of Cornelius, a Roman centurion. Both outpourings had Joel’s prophecy as their reference...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 10, 2025 | Blog
Through “the new birth” we are what our Lord was by virgin birth: “the firstborn among many brethren” However, he is uniquely “the only-begotten” Son (Romans 8:29). It amazes us that Jesus is our Elder Brother, but we should not shrink...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 9, 2025 | Blog
“Your people shall be willing [volunteers] in the day of your power.” This was very evident during the Charismatic Renewal in the obvious willingness of God’s people to volunteer their time, effort and money to the work of Jesus Christ. When the...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 9, 2025 | Blog
The second verse of Psalm 110 reads: “The LORD shall send the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies!” This verse, though primarily applicable to Christ’s future rule on earth over the nations, was very real to me...