by Peter Barfoot | Oct 21, 2025 | Blog, Christianity, Discipleship
“When you were young, you did what you liked and went wherever you chose…” (John 21:18) That was Peter the disciple, but it was also me in my teen years. But when saved at age 21 everything changed. During my forties and fifties, there were times...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 5, 2025 | Blog
Almighty God permits only one image of Himself on this earth: the original that He created, which Adam and Eve reproduced. God is a Spirit, so for Him to be visible to the rest of His creation the image had to be also. It had to be able to listen and to speak —...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 24, 2025 | Biblical prophecy, Blog, Christian Worldview, Kingdom of God
When God gave King Nebuchadnezzar a dream about a huge image, the prophet Daniel interpreted its golden head as representing the king. But not satisfied with being just the head, the king commanded that an all-gold statue be made. The king could not allow his subjects...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
Why do many Christians think of the spiritual life as an uphill climb to a place where they would like to be, when it is really who they are “in Christ” here in the world? Was this kind of thinking why Peter wanted to build huts for Moses, Elijah and Jesus on the...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
God created Adam “in His image” (Genesis 1:27) God is a Spirit, so to be visible to the rest of His creation, His image had to be visible physically. The image had to be able to listen and to speak, so that it could hear from and speak to God. The image had to be a...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
The Old Testament speaks of God, who is a Spirit, in human terms, i.e. His face, nostrils, finger, hand, and right arm. We know them as anthropomorphisms (“Anthropos” is the NT Greek word for human, and “morph” as in changing form). These...