||Pastoral Passage|| We evangelical Christians are people of the gospel. May we never be unfocussed evangelicals.
Category Archive: Pastoral Passages
||Article|| The reality of sin moderates our understanding of Luke’s theme of welcome and inclusion.
||Pastoral Passage|| Every single facet of creation is called upon to worship God because he is the Creator, the King, and the Redeemer, but only humanity can articulate God’s worthiness with words.
||Pastoral Passage|| A major need for commending and defending Christian faith today are ordinary Christians who are willing to talk with their neighbors and colleagues
||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus has earned the right to be called the brother to his people. He is worthy to be followed and trusted as our leader and redeemer.
||Pastoral Passage|| For Christians, the center of our universe is bigger than both the glory of personal achievement and the honor of familial diligence.
Excluding others is frowned upon in New Zealand. Our Christianity runs the risk of amplifying the biblical theme of welcome and inclusion so much that other themes are drowned out. In the Gospel of Luke, sin remains a barrier to our access to God—but one that can certainly be crossed.
||Pastoral Passage|| These are challenging changes, so helping inquirers see this and helping each other grow into this is an important part of what we can do as a church community.
||Pastoral Passage|| As you go through each week, look for ways that build trust with those who are your own “mission field”, so that your message will more likely find an open ear.
An excerpt from an early Germanic poem about the life of Jesus
Chris Northcott 