by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
…You’ll Get More with a Net. Most churches focus on personal witnessing and on church altar calls, but many have overlooked the practice of fishing with nets. Hooking those who are readied through personal witness is satisfying, but casting wide nets...
by Peter Barfoot | Dec 2, 2025 | Blog
Jesus saw Zacheus well up in a tree and knew that he’d worked out ways to compensate for his lack of height. The short taxman climbed down at the Lord’s command and confessed that he was ready to put things right. Our spiritual shortcomings are more the...
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?”...