by Peter Barfoot | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog
Jesus spoke of a person as a “house” and of unclean spirits as bad tenants. Matthew’s account is prophetic, in that Jerusalem is the “house” from which Jesus would evict evil (demonic) tenants and refurnish (heal his people). But his...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog
Acts 15:1-33 record the deliberations of the Jerusalem Council and its landmark decision that faith alone was sufficient for salvation. The Council was called as the result of a commotion in the church at Antioch, which arose when Jews from Jerusalem claimed that...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog
I had an appointment with my doctor yesterday, to assess various reports following tests on my body after my recent serious illness — 13 pages in all. The word “normal” came up a number of times, but “no” [this, that or whatever other...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog
The Valley of Hinnom outside Jerusalem was the scene of gross, unspeakable human sacrifices, made by many idolatrous Jews to the god Molech. It was a place that righteous Jews shunned and detested. The Gate of Broken Pottery was so named because the potters who...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog
The British began it with their House of Lords (“our betters” as our tour bus driver in London called them), which literally lords over the House of Commons (which represents “commoners”). Such terms repel nowadays, but the two Houses...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the Big Thing at the moment, but since it’s just the sum of human knowledge gained over thousands of years, it can at best be likened to the sum of things learned in Grade 1 Primary School. In comparison, that is, with what many...