||Pastoral Passage|| Have you ever read John Bunyan’s ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’?
Author: Chris Northcott
||Pastoral Passage|| Have you ever thought about your soul as something that could be healthy or sick?
||Pastoral Passage|| How does your life adorn the doctrine of God your Saviour?
A few weeks ago all over Twitter and Facebook was the hashtag “Love Wins”. This was the victory catchcry of same-sex-marriage supporters after the US supreme court’s ruling.
This pastoral passage was first written for LRBC on July 15 2015. It highlights the difficult position many Christians find themselves in – wanting to hold their line on morality without being a voice of condemnation to those who differ. Our message as representatives of Christ is an invitation to reconciliation with God – a difficult message in modern society, yet one that is made in good will.
||Pastoral Passage|| Christian faith and repentance is evidence of our victory over the world.
||Pastoral Passage|| What is the most important work of a pastor? And will you join in that work?
||A brief word on a neglected but central aspect of the role of the Holy Spirit within Christ’s churches||
||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus said: “What good does it do a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his own soul?” (Matt 16:26). If you are successful in the world, never let this question cease to haunt you.
||Pastoral Passage|| Quenching the Spirit’s work could be likened to dumping a pile of wet firewood on a fire – rather than feeding and growing it, the timber makes the fire struggle and could even put it out.
Chris Northcott 