by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
What makes a church Pentecostal is that the majority if not all of its members have been baptised in the Holy Spirit. But today many churches are Pentecostal in name only. A mission in the Philippines described itself as Spirit-filled, but became so in fact only when...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 18, 2025 | Blog
Race relationships are a hot topic, anytime. Without prejudice, here’s a few thoughts. True reconciliation took place at the Cross. In dying for us all, Jesus brought an end to racial prejudice, forever. As well as reconciling humanity to God, His blood...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog
A paradox is a statement that doesn’t seem to make sense, but when understood, makes a lot of sense. In fact, a paradox says something that couldn’t be said as well in any other way. Jesus made some paradoxical statements. He did so to draw the...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog
(By the way…) A parenthesis is a kind of “by the way” in brackets: an additional word, phrase or sentence inserted in a passage that is another thought. The removal of a parenthesis makes no difference to the overall meaning. Most people tend to...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog
Living in the memory of a past revival? Or waiting for the overflow from a future one? It’s time to get into the stream of the Spirit of God! “It sez ‘ere in the paper, Blue, most 4-wheel drive, off-road vehicles rarely leave the...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 17, 2025 | Blog
Even a stopped clock tells the right time twice a day. In those two brief moments, it appears to be working, but a second later you can see that its movement has stopped. Perpetual motion is an impossibility. Even an atomic clock can’t tick forever. In...