by Peter Barfoot | Jun 13, 2026 | Blog
Have you ever wondered why the Apostle John wrote that “you have no need for teachers”? After all, teachers are a ministry gift to the church (Ephesians 4:11). The subject of 1 John 2:27, however, is the anointing that rests on every believer, which, the...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 9, 2026 | Blog
Ephesians chapter 3 records the Apostle Paul’s second prayer for the church at Ephesus (his first prayer is in Chapter One). It has many superb phrases relating to the “mystery”, or “sacred secret”, that was “unknown in human...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 9, 2026 | Blog
The New Testament speaks of a “spirit of infirmity” (Luke 13:11) behind some illnesses, which need to be broken off for the sick to recover. Just as the spirit of a horse can be broken if badly treated, so too can the spirit of a person. “A...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 6, 2026 | Blog
It was late morning on the day before we were to leave Sabah on our first visit to Borneo – a humid day that had brought sticky heat. One of our team members suggested that we walk down the hill from where we were staying to the kampong store and buy ourselves a cold...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 4, 2026 | Blog
Some prophecies in the AD1611 King James Version of the Bible have been more readable in later translations, and Jeremiah 29:11 is one of them. The KJV reads: “For I know the thoughts that I think towards you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil,...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 2, 2026 | Blog
“All things are possible”, and many things are probable, but, death and taxes aside, few things are certain. Uncertainty is everywhere nowadays, and to the degree that Christians lack certainty, they are unsure as to how they can be God’s agents of...