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Category Archive: Marriage and Family

“Queen Vashti should have done as she was told, right?”

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||Pastoral Passage|| Forget the question of whether Vashti should have done as she was told. Ask whether the King should have told his wife as he did—and why most people today think he shouldn’t have.

Chris Northcott June 9, 2023 Christianity and Culture, Esther, Marriage and Family, Pastoral Passages

Weep with those who Weep

Experience will teach us that although Christian hope should give us gladness, it does not remove but only blunts the varied griefs we suffer and does not fill the hole left in the lives of those left behind.

Chris Northcott March 13, 2020 Communal Christianity, Marriage and Family, Pastoral Passages

Silly Rather than Discussable

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||Pastoral Passage|| During my own short stint at university in my early 20’s I remember a few cheap shots taken from the front of the lecture theatre…

Chris Northcott March 9, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Marriage and Family, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

The Cake Dilemma

When it comes to marriage and family formation, religious conservatives want to eat their cake and eat it too.

Chris Northcott March 9, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Marriage and Family, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

Resources for Life

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I affirm that the central purpose of the Bible is to reveal and explain the significance of Jesus, but I believe it can still bless people outside of that purpose.

Chris Northcott March 3, 2020 Christian Service, Marriage and Family, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith
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