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...
by Peter Barfoot | Jun 30, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Discipleship, Faith, Fellowship, Teaching
When beginning early morning prayers, I recite The Lord’s Prayer, which clears my mind, and after that the 23rd Psalm as a personal affirmation. I’m all for personal affirmations — there are times when if you and I don’t affirm ourselves, no one else will....
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,...