Walking Barefoot Ministries

Walking Barefoot Ministries JEFF DOLES is a writer and blogger,
a follower of King Jesus and
a lover of the Holy Trinity. in Biblical Education. Her story.

JEFF DOLES is a writer and blogger, a follower of King Jesus and a lover of the Trinity, exploring the Christian faith, spiritual life and the Bible. His desire is to help others take the next step of faith in their walk with the Lord, live in the reality of his kingdom and experience the presence and power of God. Jeff came to faith in the Lord Jesus at about the age of six and grew up in the Chr

istian and Missionary Alliance church. After high school, he studied at Florida Bible College, in Hollywood, FL and graduated with a B.A. While at college, he met Suzanne, who was also a student there. They have been married since 1978 and live near Tampa, FL. SUZANNE came to an active faith in Jesus Christ in high school and from there went on to Bible college, where she attended for three years. In the Summer of 2000, she experienced a deliverance by the Lord which released her from deep-seated fear. Since then, her faith has increased dramatically and she gives testimony to the healing power of God, on the theme of moving from fear to faith. In 1999, Jeff and Suzanne founded Walking Barefoot Ministries to help others grow in faith. “Walking barefoot” is, for us, a metaphor, drawn from Moses’ experience with God at the burning bush in Exodus 3. God instructed him to take off his shoes, for the place where he was standing was holy. Suddenly Moses found himself in the purposeful, powerful presence of God. Our ministry is to help others recognize the presence, purpose and power of God in their lives and follow King Jesus with their whole hearts. We confess the historic Christian faith as expressed in the words of the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds. We are pressing in for more the Lord. To know him more intimately,
love him more lavishly,
praise him more extravagantly. To grow more in prayer and faith. To experience more of his presence,
the power of the Holy Spirit
the works of the Lord Jesus,
and the kingdom of God.

WHAT GOD PERMITS & WHAT GOD WILLSNothing God permits can frustrate what God wills. Even what opposes God remains within ...
08/24/2026

WHAT GOD PERMITS & WHAT GOD WILLS
Nothing God permits can frustrate what God wills. Even what opposes God remains within the bounds of divine providence and in the end must serve God’s purpose. God may permit evil, suffering, sin, death, betrayal, and opposition, but he never permits them as rival powers. They are never ultimate but always remain bounded, contingent, and temporary. God’s will is always creative, providential, redemptive — and final.

The Cross is the supreme example. God permitted betrayal, injustice, mockery, violence, and death — yet none of these thwarted his will. By divine wisdom, they became the very means through which His saving will was accomplished. By means of the Cross, God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, no counting our sins against us (2 Corinthians 5:19). For God does not will that any should perish, but that all come to repentance (2 Peter 3:9).

“God made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect when the times reach their fulfillment — to bring unity to all things in heaven and on earth under Christ.” (Ephesians 1:9-10)

“For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.” (Colossians 1:20-21)

What God permits can never undo,
overcome, or thwart what God wills.

WHAT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN The Christian faith is participation in the life of Christ, not an adaptation to the spirit of...
06/06/2026

WHAT HAS BEEN HANDED DOWN
The Christian faith is participation in the life of Christ, not an adaptation to the spirit of the age. It is received reality, not constructed system. It is inherited, not innovated. St. Vincent of Lérins, in his Commonitorium (AD 434), famously described the faith of the Church as, “What has been believed everywhere, always, and by all.” So, as Orthodox theologian Georges Florovsky taught, Christian renewal is not reinvention but return to the Fathers. Not archaeological imitation but re-entering the mind of the Church.

The word that describes this is tradition, the relationship between what has been received (paralambano) and what has been handed on (paradidomi). Our English word, “tradition,” comes from the Latin, tradere, “to deliver, or hand over” (from trans- “over” + dare “to give”). The Greek word for it is paradosis (para, “over” + didomai, “to give”). We find it and comparable forms in several places in the New Testament.

“For I received [paralambano] from the Lord what I also passed on [paradidomi] to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread ...” (1 Corinthians 11:23)

“Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which you received [paralambano] and on which you have taken your stand. By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. For I passed on [paradidomi] to you as of first importance what I also received [paralambano] – that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures ...” (1 Corinthians 15:1-3)

“Whatever you have learned or received [paralambano] or heard from me, or seen in me — put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” (Philippians 4:9)

“I praise you for remembering me in everything and for holding to the traditions [paradosis] just as I passed them on [paradidomi] to you.” (1 Corinthians 11:2)

“So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions [paradosis] we passed on to you, whether by word of mouth or by letter.” (2 Thessalonians 2:15)

“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust [paratithiemi] to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.” (2 Timothy 2:2)

“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted [paradidomi] to God’s holy people.” (Jude 3)

Scripture itself is part of the tradition, passed on to us by the Church, but we can see in the above passages that the handing down of the Christian faith was not through Scripture alone but also through liturgical act, through preaching, through what was heard and seen and was practicable. It was oral and visible as well as written. This was not the tradition of men but divine revelation, the faith handed down from the apostles to the saints.

THE NATURE OF FAITHFaith in Christ is different from faith in propositions about Christ. The latter makes faith nothing ...
04/21/2026

THE NATURE OF FAITH
Faith in Christ is different from faith in propositions about Christ. The latter makes faith nothing more than an abstraction, disembodied and detached from the person of Christ, and from relationship with Christ — because Christ is not the object of such a faith. True faith in Christ is a living, dynamic, and personal relationship with Christ.

“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” (Matthew 11:28-30)

“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will sn**ch them out of my hand.” (John 10:27-28)

“Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.” (John 17:1-3)

“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

“The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.” (Galatians 5:6)

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SALVATION IS LIFE LIVED IN CHRISTSalvation is a Life lived in Self-Giving, Other-Centered, Cross-Shaped Love, the Life o...
04/15/2026

SALVATION IS LIFE LIVED IN CHRIST
Salvation is a Life lived in Self-Giving, Other-Centered, Cross-Shaped Love, the Life of Christ in me. It is not merely a status, but a way of life — participation in the life of Christ.

“I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. So the life I now live in the body, I live because of the faithfulness of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.” (Galatians 2:20)

THE LOGOS OF GOD AND OF ALL THINGSJesus Christ is the Logos of God — the Reason, Meaning, Purpose, and Truth of God. As ...
04/13/2026

THE LOGOS OF GOD AND OF ALL THINGS
Jesus Christ is the Logos of God — the Reason, Meaning, Purpose, and Truth of God. As the Creator of all, He is also the Reason, Meaning, Purpose, and Truth of creation. He is the Logos of creation, and everything that exists is a logos of Him, revealing Him. For all things in heaven and on earth are created by Him, through Him, and for Him, and in Him all things hold together, finding their being and fulfillment.

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