by Peter Barfoot | Feb 6, 2026 | Blog
It’s true that “a rising tide floats all boats”. It’s true also that a falling tide leaves them stranded. Many spiritually gifted Christians who thought of themselves as ministry gifts during the charismatic renewal of the 1970s, learned that...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 6, 2026 | Blog
The “father” of the Judeo-Christian faith was Abraham not Moses. The Law of Moses, which was added hundreds of years later, did not invalidate the Covenant that God had made with Abraham. If salvation were by Law, we would all be on probation, but through...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 6, 2026 | Blog
Why is it that so many Christians think of spiritual living as an uphill climb to where they wish to be, when it is simply knowing who we are in Jesus Christ and that we are there in the person of the Son of God? This “other world” thinking was behind Peter’s desire...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 6, 2026 | Blog
The words Jesus spoke were not limited by distance — as was proved by the healing of the absence of the centurion’s servant (Matthew chapter 8), the Canaanite woman’s daughter (Matthew, chapter 15), and the nobleman’s son (John chapter 4). Nor...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 4, 2026 | Blog
We all love 1 Corinthians 13, that great chapter which points us to “a more excellent way”. Not just more excellent than “the tongues of men and of angels”, or “prophecy”, or “mountain-moving faith”, but more excellent than understanding “all mysteries and all...
by Peter Barfoot | Feb 3, 2026 | Blog
The Apostle John, looking back in wonder, writes that he and the other disciples had “handled” the “word of life” by touching Jesus! The NT Greek word translated “handled” in 1 John 1:2 is translated “handle” in Luke 24:39, “might feel after” in Acts...