by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
Finding your way in life is not easy; neither is finding your way to bring your life into line with the Lord’s plan and purpose (Romans 1:10 & 15:32). Doing so involves finding the correct balance between God’s sovereignty and your responsibility; between...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
An alter ego is a second self, a substitute self. In the life of a Christian, it is not who you are but who you were before you came to Jesus. The Apostle Paul refers to it as “the old man”. Actors are not the persons they portray, but by playing a part for...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
There comes a time when a prophecy that has been filled in part is at last fulfilled. When Jesus read his Mission Statement to his people in a synagogue (Luke 4:18), he closed it after “the acceptable year of the Lord” — leaving out “the day of...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
Newsreaders end sentences that use dangling participles, such as: “The game ended in a draw between the two teams, a good result, considering.” Considering what? That neither team was good enough to win? The spiritual counterparts are...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
Western civilization in the northern hemisphere has decayed to the point where it is so weak internally that without God’s intervention, in the form of spiritual awakenings, it might not survive. Australia presents the next great opportunity to not only preserve...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
I think that Paul shook off the snake that bit him into the fire (Acts 28) because he knew: (1) that God would not have brought him through severe persecutions, mindless hatred, assassination attempts, harsh beatings, imprisonments, whippings and numerous shipwrecks...