by Peter Barfoot | Nov 6, 2025 | Blog
The relationship between the Jews and the Church is problematic to some Christians. Here’s the way I see it: (1) The end of the [Jewish] age is often mentioned in the NT — Acts 2:17, Hebrews 1:1, 1 Corinthians 10:11 and James 5:9 refer to the “these...
by Peter Barfoot | Nov 6, 2025 | Blog
In the early 1980s, as national secretary of the Full Gospel Churches, I was invited to be the speaker at a gathering of pastors in Brisbane. Among those present was a nationally known evangelist and other well-known ministers. About twenty minutes before the meeting...
by Peter Barfoot | Nov 4, 2025 | Blog
There’s a kind of “Jack’s as good as his master” view of authority among many Australians. Some Christians claim there’ll be “no great names” in the coming move of the Spirit of God; that God will minister the same gifts through every believer. If by this they...
by Peter Barfoot | Nov 4, 2025 | Blog
In Mark 6:56, we read that after hearing a woman had been miraculously healed by touching the hem of the Lord’s robe, many others did likewise. They thronged Jesus and also touched the hem of his robe – and “as many as did so were made whole”. While ministering to the...
by Peter Barfoot | Nov 4, 2025 | Blog
The virgin birth of Jesus was not the result of a normal conception, yet its spiritual and biological aspects are understandable. What made Jesus Christ unique was his divine – and therefore sinless – nature. Mary gave Jesus a humanity with a potential to sin, but God...
by Peter Barfoot | Nov 4, 2025 | Blog
1. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE that God uses circumstances in life to punish me for sins I have already asked Him to forgive me for having committed. Actions do have consequences, but God works in us through them. 2. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE that my relationship with my heavenly...