||Pastoral Passage|| In Christian spirituality there is a place for striving, and a place for resting.
Author: Chris Northcott
||Pastoral Passage|| A message from John Owen about keeping Christ first when life is still filled with bright opportunities.
||Pastoral Passage|| A major goal of First John is to help us have assurance in our faith.
||Pastoral Passage|| Grumbling and unbelief are the two sins that Israel committed in their wilderness journey that we must take care not to fall into.
||Pastoral Passage|| Israel’s journey through the wilderness in Exodus and Numbers can be likened to the Christian life.
||Pastoral Passage|| That anyone could commit the act of adultery while on honeymoon is almost beyond belief. Yet the incident of the golden calf in Exodus 32 was exactly that.
||Pastoral Passage|| It is because we may pray in Jesus’ name that we can expect our prayers to be heard by God the Father.
||Pastoral Passage|| The Jews’ encounter with God at Mt Sinai gives space for reflection on obedience and holiness.
||Pastoral Passage|| How is the situation of the Israelites at the Red Sea like that of Christians after their conversion? We share both their difficulties, and their blessings.
||Pastoral Passage|| When Paul rebuked the Christians in ancient Corinth, what is he getting at with the intriguing words “for Christ our Passover Lamb has been slain”?
Chris Northcott 