by Peter Barfoot | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
God created Adam “in His image” (Genesis 1:27) God is a Spirit, so to be visible to the rest of His creation, His image had to be visible physically. The image had to be able to listen and to speak, so that it could hear from and speak to God. The image had to be a...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 24, 2025 | Blog
The Old Testament speaks of God, who is a Spirit, in human terms, i.e. His face, nostrils, finger, hand, and right arm. We know them as anthropomorphisms (“Anthropos” is the NT Greek word for human, and “morph” as in changing form). These...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog
Twilight means “two lights — one of the Sun and the other the moon. In twilight, the direct light of the Sun is slowly replaced by the reflective light of the Moon. The theological analogy of these two heavenly lights is brought up during...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog
By “His story” I mean the story of Jesus Christ. The word “empirical” refers to knowledge gained by experience (as distinct from theory or study). Jews and Christians see the same scriptures in the Old Testament from different viewpoints....
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 22, 2025 | Blog
I love the ‘togethers’ in the New Testament. Romans 6:4 says we are “buried with” Christ in Baptism, and in Galatians 2:20 the Apostle Paul writes of being “crucified with Christ”. In Ephesians chapter 2 Paul writes of us being...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 18, 2025 | Blog
Have you ever had a first thought that was daring, but after venturing out in response you had a second one, which questioned whether what you were doing is dangerous? Peter, the most daring of the Lord’s disciples asked for and received a command from the Lord...