by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2026 | Christianity, Teaching
A new dynamic takes place when the power of the Spirit of God falls unexpectedly on a waiting group of believers. The Pentecost event (Acts 2:1-18) was one such dynamic. The spiritual experience of back-country Galileans witnessed by startled visiting Jews from...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2026 | Blog, Christian Worldview, Christianity
“The tent of David” housed the Ark of the Covenant while the “tabernacle (tent) of Moses” was located at Gibeon. What does “the tent of David” have to do with the Church? This question relates to how the Jerusalem Council was able...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 23, 2026 | Christianity, Discipleship
We know that Jesus is not the mournful, passive person portrayed in paintings by the Old Masters. Nor is he the Caucasian Jesus portrayed by Hollywood back in the 1950s (though less so these days). So, who is the real Jesus Christ? When first saved we see him as a...
by Peter Barfoot | May 20, 2026 | Christian Worldview, Christianity, Faith
“Every man knows the plague of his own heart.” (1 Kings 8:38). Plagues were common in Bible days. Leprosy was the worst, since it excluded from society every person who caught that terrible skin disease that ate away at the extremities. In Bible days,...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 28, 2025 | Blog, Christianity, Teaching
Some church leaders may not be as spiritual as we might like, but then neither was Jehu, who brought down Queen Jezebel — had her thrown down, actually. Elijah’s judgements on the prophets of Baal paved the way for that great victory, but after that, when...
by Peter Barfoot | Oct 21, 2025 | Biblical prophecy, Blog, Christianity, Teaching
The Apostle Peter’s words “this is that” linked the phenomena of Pentecost to a prophecy by Joel that God would pour out His Spirit upon “all flesh” — everyone, everywhere. However, Joel had spoken of this happening “afterward”; that is, after God had intervened...