God’s Judgement in the Earth

God’s Judgement in the Earth

“For when Your judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn righteousness.” This second half of Isaiah 26:9 comes to mind repeatedly. The first part of the verse reads: “With my soul have I desired You in the night; yes, with my...
Watching and Waiting…

Watching and Waiting…

The shadows of a dying day are long and drawn-out, as are those that can be seen in the early light of a new day. The first light of our Lord’s return is now shining on many nations. Soon, the dawn of the age of the Lord’s visible kingdom, now heralded by...
True Worship is Spiritual.  Not Sensual or Emotional.

True Worship is Spiritual. Not Sensual or Emotional.

God gave us eyes for seeing, noses for smelling, ears for hearing, tongues for tasting, and fingers for touching. We need these to live in and relate to the physical world. We can become more tactile, more visual. and so on, but none of these sensory abilities make us...
God Alone Knows

God Alone Knows

Sir Charles Kingsley, in his book “The Roman and the Teuton”, reveals how Christendom triumphed over paganism in the dark forests of Germany. It took place after the fall of pagan Rome, in the rise of papal Rome. The practice was for the Church to...
The Spirit of the Future

The Spirit of the Future

Jesus spoke of some things he was yet to experience in the present tense. “Now is the judgement of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” (John 12:31) True, his arrest was imminent at the time, but he was speaking in anticipation of...
The Call of God to Ministry

The Call of God to Ministry

Galileans, speaking in unlearned languages with think country accents, drew the crowd on the Day of Pentecost. They had just been filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The Book of Acts is a record of what the apostles of Christ did after Jesus rose from the tomb,...

Peter E. Barfoot