It’s Hard to be a Hero at Home

It’s Hard to be a Hero at Home

There are times when going elsewhere helps you see your ministry more objectively. That happened to me many years ago. I was finding it difficult to move in the anointing in our fellowship but in an outreach fellowship one evening was amazed at how freely and...
From Here to Eternity

From Here to Eternity

“Neither shall any plague come near your dwelling.” (Psalm 91:10) Moses spoke of the LORD as his “refuge” and encouraged the people of Israel to “dwell” in Him; to make “the secret place of the Most High” their...
Ascending with High Praises

Ascending with High Praises

The Psalms of Ascents are Psalms 120-134. The final psalm in the series of “fifteen steps” pictures a pilgrim inviting servants of the LORD who stand by night to bless Him and to lift up their hands in the Holy Place. Adult males in Israel were required to...
Harmony of Mind and Heart

Harmony of Mind and Heart

The Pharisee Saul of Tarsus believed that in persecuting the followers of Jesus of Nazareth, he was doing the will of God. The conflict within him came from the religious knowledge that guided the thoughts of his mind and the increasing conviction of his heart. The...
Two Things that Make Me Wince

Two Things that Make Me Wince

I wince when I hear Christians say, “What goes around comes around.” Many people say this, but Christians should not because its origin is Zen Buddhism. Christians should say: “Whatever you sow you will reap” because its origin is the Bible....
When the Rot Set In

When the Rot Set In

“If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do?” (Psalm 11:3) The undermining of Western society began in the 1960s, with the Beatles, who introduced their Indian gurus to the West, and developed through the ’70s with LSD, Aquarius,...

Peter E. Barfoot