Simple Sin-free Living

Simple Sin-free Living

Jesus was “the firstborn among many” and “the firstborn of a new creation”. Jesus alone is the “only-begotten” Son by virgin-birth. He was conceived by Mary when the Spirit of God overshadowed her. We are the siblings of...
Some Thoughts on Personal Prophecy

Some Thoughts on Personal Prophecy

If we wish to hear more prophecies in our churches, we need more outgoing ministry. God has something to say always, and prophetic direction is helpful to those who are being sent forth to reach the unreached in “regions beyond”. Or maybe to confirm the...
Thoughts on Father’s Day

Thoughts on Father’s Day

It will be “Father’s Day” this coming Sunday in Australia. I’m looking forward to family members getting together as per usual. Our four children are now middle-aged and their own children have reached maturity. Someone has said that we know...
The Church the World Doesn’t Know

The Church the World Doesn’t Know

Acts 16:16-24 records the arrest of the apostles Paul and Silas after Paul had cast out a “spirit of divination” from a fortune-telling slave girl. “But when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the...
Over Before We Knew It Had Begun!

Over Before We Knew It Had Begun!

Years ago in the Philippines, I learned how suddenly things can happen, when a waterspout spun from a field to the left of our vehicle, crossed about thirty metres and smashed through our windscreen. I had only just asked my son Paul, who was driving, what he thought...
If You Don’t Stand for Something…

If You Don’t Stand for Something…

“…You’ll fall for anything.” So goes the saying, and it’s true. Sooner or later — and it’s likely to be sooner — Christians will have to take a clear, Bible-based stand on what is right and what is wrong. Yes, we will be...

Peter E. Barfoot