by Peter Barfoot | Jul 28, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Spiritual growth, Teaching
Among the many ways of building heat for cooking and also maintaining it for household warmth, the Slow Combustion stove (known in the UK as a “range”) is one of the most reliable. Its coals may build heat slowly, but its secret is the...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 24, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Discipleship, Spiritual growth, Teaching
There are times when our dreams are all we have: life as we wish it could be rather than what it is. My own example of Living the Dream was during brief pauses in retail sales in a furniture and floor coverings store in Melbourne’s CBD. Earlier in my teenage...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 21, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Discipleship, Spiritual growth
Come with me on a short excursion in the book of Acts, from the first half of Acts 17 to the apostle Paul’s first letter to the Thessalonians. Paul’s ministry in Acts is the ‘seedbed’ of the letters he later wrote to churches he founded in Asia...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 21, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Teaching
Hundreds of years ago, explorers believed there had to be a great continent in the Southern hemisphere. But then Dutch captain Abel Tasman discovered a southern part of it, and Captain James Cook RN the continent’s east coast. Years later, the incredibly brave...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 14, 2026 | Christianity, Discipleship, Faith, Teaching
The name Jacob is of biblical origin and means “Supplanter”: “one who seeks to overtake or to gain advantage” [by dubious means]. But after Jacob’s before-dawn “wrestle” with an angel (Genesis 32:28; Hosea 12:2-4:), God...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Faith, Teaching
Have you got your “Get Out of This World Safely Guarantee”? I’ve had mine for 4 years — from 1961, in fact, which was the year that I first acknowledged Jesus Christ as my Saviour and Lord and began to share my faith with others. I...