Democracy is Falling but the Kingdom is Coming

Democracy is Falling but the Kingdom is Coming

Our nation is young compared with those such as Britain and others. The First Fleet arrived near what is now Sydney in 1788 and our role as a Dominion of Great Britain ceased in 1901, which was when the six states of Australia became a Federation. Given time, our...
Silent Fear Speaks Loudly

Silent Fear Speaks Loudly

Some Christians don’t like to post political or social comments on social media. But I cannot forget flicking through the pages of a book that detailed the steps to be carried out in Britain after the Nazis had occupied that country. Chilling stuff. Had...
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...

Peter E. Barfoot