by Peter Barfoot | May 13, 2025 | Blog
The time is 5:00 pm and the summer sun is beginning to weaken…but already, the people are coming. At the doors of the warehouse-size building, deacons are standing ready to meet and greet incomers with friendly handshakes. They are quietly on hand to see that things...
by Peter Barfoot | May 13, 2025 | Blog
Finding our way in life is not always easy, but even more difficult is to find it in the will of God, and in so doing, bring it into line with God’s purpose (Romans 1:10 & 15:32, NKJV). This involves finding a balance between God’s sovereignty and our...
by Peter Barfoot | May 13, 2025 | Blog
It has been said that if God sent one angel to the most splendid palace on earth and another to the worst slum on earth, the appointed destination would not matter to either because the sole reason for an angel’s existence is to do the will of God – nothing...
by Peter Barfoot | May 13, 2025 | Blog
A portal is an imposing front entrance to a palatial home. In computer terminology a portal is the Home Page of a website that opens the way to numerous other websites. (Google.com and Bing.com are two well-known online portals.) The first powerful portal believers...
by Peter Barfoot | May 13, 2025 | Blog
A Study of Contrasts. Church Aspect #1: Communion. In the 1st century this was based on Fellowship and a common meal. In the 21st Century it is more a Religious Ceremony. Church Aspect #2: Worship. In the 1st century this involved...
by Peter Barfoot | May 12, 2025 | Blog
“The LORD God has given me the tongue of the learned, so that I would know how to speak a word in season to the weary. Morning by morning he wakens my ear to hear as the learned.” (Isaiah 50:4) While waking from deep sleep, we often hear the voice of God speaking to...