An Unwelcome Change of Image

An Unwelcome Change of Image

“God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all. “Nothing — no thing — in regard to God’s will is unclear. He has given us His will in writing in the prophecies and promises of the Bible. There may be “a tide in the affairs of...
Are You a Believer AND a Receiver?

Are You a Believer AND a Receiver?

There’s a big difference between believing and receiving. The Gospels identify John the Baptist as Isaiah’s “Voice” (Isaiah 40:3) and Malachi’s “Messenger” (Malachi 3:1 & 4:5, 6; Mark 1:2, 3; John 1:23). John came in “the spirit of...
The Magnificent 7

The Magnificent 7

I like to teach on “The Magnificent 7” (the magnificent numeral, not the movie) which in the Bible is sacred and signifies completion and perfection. Some of the ‘sevens’ in the Bible, include the Israelites’ seven marches around Jericho’s walls, Naaman’s seven dips...
The Love that both Frees and Restricts

The Love that both Frees and Restricts

What did Jesus mean when he said: “The Son of man is lord of the Sabbath”? Jesus was a Jew and could not have meant that he and his disciples could break the Law when it suited them. He was saying that he and they kept the spirit of the Law, as distinct...
Holding Fast to Your Miracle

Holding Fast to Your Miracle

The Gospel of John, Chapter 9, records a personal battle in which a man who was born blind but healed by Jesus held strongly to his testimony in spite of pressure from everyone who knew him. Faced with the reality of the miracle, they questioned the man’s...
Our Eyewitness Evidence Beats Hearsay

Our Eyewitness Evidence Beats Hearsay

The Twelve apostles had been eyewitnesses to the miracles of Jesus and those that followed would be so in “Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria”, and “the uttermost parts of the earth”. The Apostles had heard with their own ears and seen with their own...

Peter E. Barfoot