by Peter Barfoot | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
Every year in the Philippines, at least 17 typhoons sweep across the flat, open plains of Central Luzon, destroying all that is not secured — especially the many exposed and vulnerable thatched Nipa huts on bamboo stilts. But those huts fastened to tall center...
by Peter Barfoot | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
Paul’s second prayer in his letter to the church at Ephesus was that “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” (1) Would grant them, out of His glorious riches, to be “strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man”; (2)...
by Peter Barfoot | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
“The flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you cannot do the things that you would.” (Galatians 5:17) This “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” factor is Push– Pull in that it works both ways. We...
by Peter Barfoot | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
The “rulers of this age” referred to by the apostle Paul in 1 Corinthians 2:8 are not the spiritual “principalities and powers” of Ephesians 6:12 where “flesh and blood” are contrasted but the natural, earthly authorities of Titus 3:1 (also called “principalities and...
by Peter Barfoot | Mar 24, 2026 | Blog
While the church concentrates on personal witnessing and altar calls, maybe it’s missing an established New Testament principle: that of netting large groups-–as well as hooking individuals. Fishing with a line is fine but more can be caught with a net.Jesus...
by Peter Barfoot | Mar 20, 2026 | Blog
Paul’s second prayer in his letter from “the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ” to the Christians at Ephesus was (1) That He would grant them, out of His glorious riches, to be “strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man”; (2)...