by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
In Paul’s first letter to Timothy, the apostle urges the young man not to “neglect” the gift that is in him (1 Timothy 4:14). Timothy is not by nature assertive, so Paul again urges him in his second letter. But this time Paul does so not in the...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
By “dog” I mean the sinful predisposition ‘dog’ that may be lying in wait at your ‘doorstep’ (Genesis 4:7-8). Isaac’s love of hunting wild game linked him to his eldest son Esau, who was a skilful hunter. His other son Jacob was a...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
The New Testament Greek word “katharos” is translated “pure” in the sixth beatitude, which in the King James Version reads “Blessed are the pure in heart.” “Katharos” refers to a purity that results from an inner...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
“The tent of David” housed the Ark of the Covenant during the time the “tabernacle (tent) of Moses” was at Gibeon. What does “the tent of David” have to do with the Church? How was the Jerusalem Council in Jerusalem able to apply...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
If you read Exodus 35:21 and 36:2, you will find the words “whose heart was stirred”. The Hebrew word means stirred “to lift up and to carry; to bring”. Not long out of Egypt, God’s people did this to furnish the tabernacle of Moses....
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
You might be but don’t know it. Here are some indicators you can use to check for possible symptoms: 1. You think of Christians as though they don’t really belong in your binge drinking, sex mad, greed driven, God denying, and hopelessly corrupt...