by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
One Asian nation has no word for “retreat” in its language. Instead, the order is given to “advance to the rear”. A certain Christian businessmen’s fellowship can’t bring itself to hold men’s “retreats”-so it calls...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
There’s this joke about a man who constantly complained that wherever he touched his body, it really hurt. After hearing this day after day, his wife persuaded him to make an appointment with their family doctor. Once there, the man explained to the...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
“As the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven, and do not return there, but water the earth, and make it bring forth and bud, that it might give seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth. It shall not return...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
What would life be like without mothers? Well, imagine that your name is Isaac, and that your father is Abraham. Years ago, your father pulled up stakes and moved the family without knowing where he was going. He even brought your cousin, Lot. As Father sways...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
A Less Obvious Sinner Confesses. There are few things worse than the feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when a police officer steps out onto the road ahead and waves you into the kerb. Worse still, though, is when it happens to a minister whose mind is...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
“I’m sorry,” the specialist said softly, looking across his spotless desk. “The disease has spread too far.” He paused. “There’s nothing we can do.” Leaving quietly, the middle-aged woman stood for a moment on the...