Is This Too Much to Ask?

Is This Too Much to Ask?

Can you see yourself as “crucified with Christ”? (Galatians 2:20) Not physically, as was the thief who asked Jesus: “Remember me when you come into your kingdom,” and was assured: “This day you shall be with me in Paradise.” One...
An Order is an Order!

An Order is an Order!

In the Bible, “name” means identity and includes reputation. “My name is in him” said God, speaking of the angel of the LORD that would go before the Israelites (Exodus 23:21). Moffat translates: “I am manifest in him.” Meaning,...
Fight or Flight?

Fight or Flight?

The Bible doesn’t record the name of Lot’s wife. We remember her only because she looked back while escaping from the doomed city of Sodom. Many years later, Jesus summed up the danger in looking back. He said: “Remember Lot’s wife.”...
On Bringing a Nation to its Knees

On Bringing a Nation to its Knees

We know that Elijah disappeared from sight when God took him up in a whirlwind; however, the prophet himself had been a human whirlwind. The first mention of him is in 1 Kings 17:1. It tells us he came from the wilderness of Gilead, east of the Jordan River. Without...
God’s Blessings Break Off All Bondages!

God’s Blessings Break Off All Bondages!

“And the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.” This prophecy in Isaiah 10:27 is fulfilled historically in the defeat of the Assyrians, yet it foreshadowed the power of God’s anointing upon His people — a power so strong it would prevent them...
The One God Chooses and the One He Refuses

The One God Chooses and the One He Refuses

How it is that God chooses one over another to achieve His purposes? The answer is that despite the physical and social stature of the one who would appear to be the obvious choice, He sees more in the one less obvious, and chooses that one...

Peter E. Barfoot