by Peter Barfoot | Aug 6, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Discipleship, Spiritual growth, Teaching
Bible texts are often quoted in isolation by people trying to score points – a practice known as proof-texting. But a text without a context is like a boat on a beach: it might look good but its seaworthiness can only be tested in the water. The principle of text...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 6, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Spiritual growth, Teaching
The fact that I was born in 1940 makes me a pre-baby-boomer, which maybe is why I have trouble with tech stuff. Before television 16mm films were a big thing. I had a Bell & Howell projector and used it to screen films featuring crusades by evangelists Oral...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 6, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Faith, Spiritual growth, Teaching
The robe Jesus wore was seamless, and so was too valuable for the Roman soldiers at the cross to divide, so they gambled for it. A seam in the garment would have enabled the soldiers to tear it in two along the seam. In military terms, a “seam” is a...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 5, 2026 | Blog, Christian Worldview, Christianity, Spiritual growth, Teaching
A father is glorified in his son’s accomplishments, in that his own nature and abilities are extended into new areas of accomplishment. In Jesus, the Father was glorified on a human level. For example, the sickness of Lazarus resulted in God being glorified in...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 5, 2026 | Blog, Christianity, Personal prophecy, Spiritual growth, Teaching
Most prophecies are not passive, in that they don’t come to pass regardless; they are based on what God saw in us and said we would become. Other prophecies are fulfilled without our participation (for example, the one which stated that in his death the bones of...
by Peter Barfoot | Aug 4, 2026 | Biblical prophecy, Christian Worldview, Christianity, Spiritual growth, Teaching
One of many meaningful place names in the Book of Genesis is Machpelah, one that holds much nostalgia. The name either means “Two Portions” or “Folded Together”. Two Together conveys what Abraham had in mind when he purchased a field to secure...