Those Over-the-Wall People

Those Over-the-Wall People

Some people see things only in concrete terms. They are unable to see in the abstract. We need to be imaginative as well as constructive. Einstein said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Many things once written about in science fiction...
The Carte Blanche Promises of Jesus

The Carte Blanche Promises of Jesus

My posts are biased toward our responsibility rather than God’s sovereignty: “Whosoever will may come” rather than “Many are called but few are chosen.” Both tests have their place, but too often we allow experience to determine theology,...
Closing the Half-belief Gap

Closing the Half-belief Gap

The Bible contains many great statements about God’s unlimited ability, most of them in the form of rhetorical questions. One is the well-known question, “Is anything too hard for the LORD?” (Genesis 18:14) Jesus made seven “I am” declarations in John’s Gospel. After...
The Paradox in Power Ministry

The Paradox in Power Ministry

The Apostle Paul’s determination “not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified” made him weak, afraid, and shaky; however, it was this which enabled Paul to demonstrate the power of the Holy Spirit rather than the “enticing words of man’s...
Things We Worry About but Needn’t

Things We Worry About but Needn’t

The “day of the Lord” shall not come unless there first be a great apostasy, a wholesale falling away from the Faith by those thought to have been Christians. It could come about through the introduction of a cashless society, one in which the...
Your Role in the Kingdom of God

Your Role in the Kingdom of God

How many Christians these days are taught “the manner of the kingdom”: the spiritual and moral precepts that instruct God’s people in His ways? Many are confused and divided, as were the children of Israel, more than three thousand years ago....

Peter E. Barfoot