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...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 14, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Faith, Teaching
How long has it been since you embraced something extraordinary? Hebrews 11:13 informs us that those who had faith saw the promises from afar, and “embraced” them: drew them to themselves, hugged them by faith, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims in...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 7, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Faith, Teaching
“Now there arose a king over Egypt who did not know Joseph.” (Exodus 1:8) “Israel served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had known all the works of the LORD which He had done for Israel.”...
by Peter Barfoot | Jul 2, 2026 | Christianity, Discipleship, Faith, Teaching
Paul the apostle’s statement that he had lived in “a good conscience before God until this day'” resulted in him being smacked in the mouth at the order of the high priest Ananias (Acts 23:1-2). Notwithstanding , Paul restated his composed...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Faith
“STUNNING UPSET IN SABAH!” So read the headline of an article in Asiaweek magazine, after the Lord answered the prayers of many Christians during my second of two visits to the Island of Borneo in 1985. In November of that year, a sovereign outpouring of the Spirit of...