by Peter Barfoot | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
The faith of some people in the New Testament is seen in the extremes to which they went to receive a miracle from Jesus: the Canaanite woman who jousted verbally with him for her daughter’s deliverance; the four men who broke through a roof and lowered their...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
We wouldn’t dream of bathing a baby in dirty water, so why do so many bathe their beliefs in “the traditions of men” formulated centuries after the time of Christ by bishops at a council presided over by an ungodly Roman emperor? (Did you know that Constantine erected...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
Spiritual revelations of the scriptural kind are a normal part of the Christian life. Don’t let anyone rob you of your spiritual inheritance by persuading you otherwise. Three of the most important revelations, in my opinion, are these: 1. The Revelation that...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
Carl von Clausewitz wrote: “War is the continuation of politics, by other means.” These days the reverse seems more the case, in that politics is the continuation of war, by every means at a politician’s disposal. Were von Clausewitz alive...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
Jesus said: “I came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.” A century or so ago, it was the righteous that preachers called to repentance — maybe because in those days just about everyone — sinners as well as saints — went...
by Peter Barfoot | Sep 8, 2025 | Blog
An odd mix of people with varied personalities, all together in Big Brother’s House and trying hard to cope? No, not the TV series — the Church! Hang on, it’s scriptural! 1. JESUS IS OUR BIG BROTHER “Both he who cleanses and we who are cleansed all...