by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2025 | Blog
Who is the Suffering Servant? The Battle between Jewish and Christian scholars for the Heart of their Faith. The Jewish View of Israel as God’s Suffering Servant: antisemitism, dispossession, The Holocaust, Ghettos, Kristalnacht, Death Camps, and Persecutions. It is...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog
The “keys of the kingdom” open and close doors of spiritual opportunity (Matthew 16:13-20). Jesus referred to a “key” used by the Pharisees to lock knowledge away from ordinary people. More than likely a reference to “the tradition of the...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog
The Imitation of Christ, by Thomas a Kempis, is a famous Catholic book. In His Steps, by Charles M Sheldon, is a well-known Protestant book. Both books encourage Christians to follow Christ’s example – to walk as he walked. Both books promote spiritual...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 27, 2025 | Blog
The word “economy” has its origin in a Greek word that means “to run a household”. In the New Testament it is translated “dispensation”, but a better translation is “stewardship”. During the journey of the Hebrew people...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 26, 2025 | Blog
Time was when authentic spiritual experiences were limited to prophets, priests, and kings; others could only watch and wonder as the anointed ministered, spoke, and ruled. They had a proximity to God that others did not have. No one else would dream of having such a...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 26, 2025 | Blog
The natural and the spiritual worlds are compatible. The “super saint” lifestyle – like the finely-tuned Ferrari ready for the racetrack but out in suburbia – is a false concept. We don’t need to be “super saints” in the supermarket, but simply saints with a Super...