||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God announced that its arrival was imminent, and that we must drop everything in order to be ready and on board for it – that is, we must repent.
Author: Chris Northcott
||Pastoral Passage|| The episode of Jesus in the wilderness has much to teach Christians as they seek to follow his example.
||Pastoral Passage|| The pursuit of godliness is meant to be done with others with sincere and active faith.
Are you in need of a new beginning with God?
||Pastoral Passage|| Grace at its best is also grace at its worst. Grace is hard to accept when it does what it does best.
||Pastoral Passage|| Desiring the rest and respite of heaven when you are nearing life’s end or suffering through hardship is not a strong mark of spiritual growth. A holy desire is the desire to see God and to be with him.
||Pastoral Passage|| The biblical metaphor of the church as a ‘bride’ is a rather awkward one… However, the thing about metaphors is that they are used to highlight a particular aspect of the illustration…
||Pastoral Passage|| Growth in love to other people is a mark of spiritual health.
||Pastoral Passage|| Do you feel thirsty for God? Whether it is because you are far from God and long for him, or because you are instead close to him but thirsty for more, this thirst is a sign of spiritual life, and an indicator of health.
Spiritual health refers to the wellbeing of the life of the soul – whether it is alive or dead, thriving or anaemic, growing or shrivelling.
Chris Northcott 