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Category Archive: Christian Service

Matthew 25v14-30: The Million Dollar Question

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||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus has made every one of his people entrepreneurs for the kingdom.

Chris Northcott October 24, 2022 Christian Service, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages, Reflections on Scripture

Caring about what God Cares about in Amos 4-5

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||Pastoral Passage|| God does not want churches who are preoccupied with themselves, nor does he want Christianity reduced to religiously-motivated social work.

Chris Northcott August 12, 2022 Christian Service, Pastoral Passages

The Gospel and its Adornment

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A short while ago I came across a summary of the gospel from John Stott’s commentary on the book of Acts. I appreciated the summary but wondered what place gospel-motivated social transformation has in it. How does the gospel make us make the world better?

Chris Northcott July 9, 2021 Acts, Christian Service, Pastoral Passages

The Pandemic Scenario at the End of “The Trellis and the Vine”

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The excellent book The Trellis and the Vine finishes on a note that is strikingly relevant for our present context.

Chris Northcott April 26, 2020 Christian Service, Current Events

Stepping Aside, but not Out

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I would like to take the chance to thank all of you in the LRBC church family for supporting and encouraging me over the years of my tenure as youth pastor.

Chris Northcott March 20, 2020 Christian Service, Christianity and Culture, Pastoral Passages

Small but Serious Assignments

. . . the miner and the grocer were not people who had a ‘ministry’ like a professional pastor or Christian worker, yet they had a huge impact for the kingdom of God.

Chris Northcott March 13, 2020 Christian Service, Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages

Sages of the Kingdom

Jesus presents wise living in a new light – instead of measuring wisdom by success in everyday life, it is measured by the practise of his word.

Chris Northcott March 11, 2020 Christian Service, Communal Christianity, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages, Proverbs

Scribes for the Kingdom

Being a ‘scribe of the Kingdom’ today do not need to be limited to the professional scholars and Bible teachers

Chris Northcott March 11, 2020 Christian Service, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages

Lessons from the Parable of the Sower (part 4)

In the fourth and final scenario of Jesus’ parable of the sower we come to the ideal outcome for someone hearing the message of the kingdom.

Chris Northcott March 10, 2020 Christian Service, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

Lessons from the Parable of the Sower (part 1)

It is one thing to reject Jesus because one dislikes him, but quite another to base that decision on a misunderstanding of him.

Chris Northcott March 10, 2020 Christian Service, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

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