Enjoying the Moment, Yet Again

Enjoying the Moment, Yet Again

Do the motives of people who come time and again expecting God to “touch” them concern you? They did me many years ago. Our church was in revival mode and people were coming expecting yet another personal experience of God’s power. Then one day the...
Paradoxical or Adaptable?

Paradoxical or Adaptable?

We can understand the Lamb/Lion aspects of Jesus: i.e. that as the Lamb of God he died willingly, and that as the Lion of Judah he roars regally. This is not a contradiction or a paradox but rather an adeptness to adjust to different situations and the challenges...
Don’t Let the Past Ruin Your Future

Don’t Let the Past Ruin Your Future

We have the privilege of sharing the Good News message of salvation through the Lord Jesus Christ. We don’t need to preach a Bad News message to those who are not yet saved, because they already know it. I have conducted enough funeral services to know how those...
Rear Vision Mirror, Front Windscreen, or Both?

Rear Vision Mirror, Front Windscreen, or Both?

No motorist would use a rearview mirror to view the road ahead, so those who look back to Christ’s birth should look forward to his return. We delight in the angel of the Lord bringing the good news of the Saviour’s birth, the glory of the Lord shining around about...
Our Influence on the Inevitable

Our Influence on the Inevitable

God spoke to me about future things we see as inevitable, and what we can do about them in the here and now. Jerusalem, for example: a prophecy informs us that it will become “a burden stone for all nations” — one too heavy for them to carry....
God’s Reluctant Hero

God’s Reluctant Hero

The movie “A Bug’s Life” could well have been based on Gideon and the situation in which his people found themselves. They were surrounded by an army — “as numerous as locusts” — of Midianites, descendants of Ishmael and today...

Peter E. Barfoot