by Peter Barfoot | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
God’s description of Himself as having “nostrils”, “a face” “a hand” and a strong “right arm” are anthropomorphisms. (In NT Greek, “anthros” is generic for man, and “morph” refers to a...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
A well-known Christian leader once said to me: “All men are liars — the Bible says so!” Well, yes, it does. But he omitted the first part, which reads, “I said in my haste…” That man’s experiences with people who were loose...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
One of the most intense revivals I’ve ever seen was the smallest. A microcosm of those I would later see, it took place on our country property in Victoria and lasted for about a year. In that brief time two members of my family and a secondary school Maths and...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
When the anointing comes upon us, we do things that to us are unprecedented — things we’d otherwise never have dreamed of doing. The prophet Samuel told Saul that after he encountered a group of prophets along the road: “The Spirit of the LORD will...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
I read a book on creative solutions, which included some interesting things about paradigm shifts. These shifts are major and at times revolutionary changes in the way we think. They determine our attitudes and actions. While reading the book a joke came to mind about...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 1, 2025 | Blog
The last thing that goes through a bug’s mind when it hits the windscreen of a vehicle is the rest of its body. The first thing a suicide bomber discovers after blowing himself up in the name of his death god is how wrong he was. The when and where that...