When This is Not That

When This is Not That

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...
When God Calls, the Heart Responds

When God Calls, the Heart Responds

Psalm 42 always draws a response from me, as it does from all who love the Psalms of David. Maybe because David so often found himself separated, first as a shepherd and later while hiding from Saul, from the joyful things taking place in the Temple in Jerusalem...

Peter E. Barfoot