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The Workers are Few

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||Pastoral Passage|| What is the most important work of a pastor? And will you join in that work?

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Chris Northcott February 11, 2020 Christian Service, Communal Christianity, Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages

The Mission of the Spirit in the Church

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||A brief word on a neglected but central aspect of the role of the Holy Spirit within Christ’s churches||

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Chris Northcott February 10, 2020 Communal Christianity, Holy Spirit, Pastoral Passages

Don’t Do It

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||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.

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Chris Northcott February 10, 2020 Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality, The Letters of John

Do Not Quench the Spirit

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||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.

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Chris Northcott February 10, 2020 Christian Service, Holy Spirit, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

Striving and Resting

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||Pastoral Passage|| In Christian spirituality there is a place for striving, and a place for resting.

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Chris Northcott February 10, 2020 Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality, The Letters of John

Our Highest Love: A Word to the Young

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||Pastoral Passage|| A message from John Owen about keeping Christ first when life is still filled with bright opportunities.

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Chris Northcott February 9, 2020 Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality, The Letters of John

John’s Ministry of Assurance.

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||Pastoral Passage|| A major goal of First John is to help us have assurance in our faith.

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Chris Northcott February 9, 2020 Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality, The Letters of John

Life in the Wilderness, part 2.

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||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.

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Chris Northcott February 9, 2020 Exodus, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

Life in the Wilderness, part 1.

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||Pastoral Passage|| Israel’s journey through the wilderness in Exodus and Numbers can be likened to the Christian life.

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Chris Northcott February 9, 2020 Exodus, Pastoral Passages

The Golden Calf

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||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.

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Chris Northcott February 9, 2020 Exodus, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

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