by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
There’s no doubt that calamities such as hurricanes remind Christians of their common humanity with those who don’t share their faith. The latter see them in a new light as they pitch in alongside everyone else to help where needed. Christians are not exempt from...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
The words of Jesus in Matthew 11:12 – “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of God suffers violence, and the violent take it by force” are clarified in Luke 16:16 – “The law and the prophets were until John: since that time the kingdom of God is...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
When I was a boy living in Bendigo, there were nights when I had to walk home on a back road past a dark cemetery. (In those days it was possible to do that without being fearful.) There was a Chinese section in the front of the cemetery, and on the graves joss...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
Fear prompts defensive or evasive action in the face of visible danger. But anxiety is different in that it arises through a perception of a non-existent threat. Anxieties are hypothetical thoughts about possible future lacks or losses in life. “What If?”...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
What must have gone through the minds of those Israelites who knew they would never enter into the Promised Land but would die out in the desert? The older generation had experienced a release from Egyptian bondage through the miraculous crossing of the Red Sea, but...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
“But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt.” (Acts 7:17) There are timings to God’s promises, and our impatient efforts to bring them forward never work. The number of...