by Peter Barfoot | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog
The King James Version translation of James 2:19 reads: “Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well…” The New King James Version reads much the same. A more accurate translation, however, is: “You believe that God is one; you do...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 23, 2025 | Blog
In the 13th chapter of his first letter to the church at Corinth, the apostle Paul writes that if he could speak the languages of both earth and heaven, it would mean nothing without love — more like the tinkling sound of wind chimes. So much for noisy...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 23, 2025 | Blog
“The day is at hand,” wrote Paul in Romans 13:12. “The end of the age has come upon us,” he wrote in 1 Corinthians 10:11. “The Lord is at hand,” he assured the faithful at Philippi (Philippians 4:5). The apostle Peter wrote, “The end of all things is at hand.” (1...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 22, 2025 | Blog
Many Christians see “God is Love” as a stand-alone statement, as an abstract concept. But the Apostle John wrote these words in the context of Christian relationships. “He that does not love God does not know God: for God is love.” (1 John 4:8) The same...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 22, 2025 | Blog
Grammatically, “not only” should be followed by “but also” — they go together. The Apostle Paul links them when writing on how God raised Jesus from the dead and seated him at His right hand in the heavens — “far above all...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 21, 2025 | Biblical prophecy, Blog, Christianity, Teaching
The Apostle Peter’s words “this is that” linked the phenomena of Pentecost to a prophecy by Joel that God would pour out His Spirit upon “all flesh” — everyone, everywhere. However, Joel had spoken of this happening “afterward”; that is, after God had intervened...