by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
N THE SHOCK OF YOUR LOSS AND SORROW, YOU VOW THAT LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN “I shall go down into the grave to my son in mourning.” (Genesis 37:33-35) YOU FOCUS ON WHAT’S LEFT IN LIFE, SO YOU CAN SIMPLY SURVIVE Jacob’s...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Strange, the people you meet at the rubbish dump. It seems that most people go there sooner or later. Not that the dump is a place you would pick for a reunion. Its smelly fascination is best left to the scroungers who pick over the community’s unwanted...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
When it comes to Scripture, there’s not much worse than half a verse. Recently someone told me that he’d applied for a job that he was really right for, and had believed that it was the Lord’s will for him to have it. Full of faith, he waited for the...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Looking back many years to the night we ‘delivered’ Wilbur, I can see that as new believers we were not anywhere near ready for our dive into demonology. For a start, not one of the dozen or so Christians gathered for fellowship in the suburban home that night had...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Hands up those who watch TV soap operas! Hands down, please. Now, hands up those who have a poor mental image of themselves! Hmmm, same people. Hands down, please. Are you glad you’re you? If not, then you probably have a negative self-image, and probably...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
It’s not uncommon for people to claim that Christianity is a crutch, used by the weak to lean on; and that in a time of crisis, faith in God is what the weak need, soon get used to, and finally can’t live without. But when you’re unable to...