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Parenting in the Pew: Guiding Your Children into the Joy of Worship

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||Book Summary|| “Parenting in the Pew” is a worthwhile book for those who want to help the youngest members of their church community join them as brothers and sisters in the faith.

Chris Northcott March 10, 2023 Book Summaries

History of New Testament Research (trilogy)

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||Book Summary|| There will be very few readers who are eager to tackle hefty three volumes bearing the title “History of New Testament Research”.

Chris Northcott March 8, 2023 Book Summaries

Self-Indulgence vs Self-Denial: Mardi Gras and Lent

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||Pastoral Passage|| To form and develop disciples of Jesus, practices that are prescribed, tangible, and theologically-imbued must surely have a valuable role to play.

Chris Northcott March 3, 2023 Communal Christianity, Pastoral Passages

The “Firstborn from the Dead”: The Greatness of Jesus’ Resurrection – a tract

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||Evangelistic Tract|| The resurrection of Jesus is the ground for his people to have confident hope in the face of death. This tract aims to share that hope.

Chris Northcott December 28, 2022 Colossians, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

“Kiwi” Christians, for Better and for Worse

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||Pastoral Passage|| What characterizes New Zealanders? And how does that shape Christian faith in New Zealand?

Chris Northcott November 25, 2022 Christianity and Culture, Pastoral Passages

Between God and a Hard Place: A Re-examination of Church Missionary Society Evangelisation of Māori 1814-1840

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||Book Summary|| An important new book re-examining the Anglican missionary endeavors to the Maori between 1814-1840.

Chris Northcott October 31, 2022 Book Summaries

Matthew 25v14-30: The Million Dollar Question

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||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus has made every one of his people entrepreneurs for the kingdom.

Chris Northcott October 24, 2022 Christian Service, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages, Reflections on Scripture

Caring about what God Cares about in Amos 4-5

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||Pastoral Passage|| God does not want churches who are preoccupied with themselves, nor does he want Christianity reduced to religiously-motivated social work.

Chris Northcott August 12, 2022 Christian Service, Pastoral Passages

What are we here for? Contending Visions for Human Purpose in “Eternals”

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||Article|| The MCU’s 2021 Eternals film presents two conflicting visions of human purpose. Does humanity exist for itself, or for something bigger? Eternals echoes and affirms a popular cultural response to this question.

Chris Northcott July 1, 2022 Short Articles

“Why don’t people join tramping clubs?”

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||Pastoral Passage|| The answers to this question find many parallels when it is asked regarding church gatherings

Chris Northcott June 5, 2022 Communal Christianity, Pastoral Passages

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