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Serving Two Masters: Christians and Conspiracy Theories

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||Short Article|| Compelling motivations exist for Christians not to promote conspiracy theories. Even the ones that they are certain are true.

Chris Northcott June 16, 2020 Current Events, Public Christian Faith, Short Articles

“The name of God is blasphemed among the nations because of you”

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Donald Trump’s photograph outside a forcefully-cleared church entrance while holding up a Bible has brought new shame on Christianity.

Chris Northcott June 3, 2020 Current Events, Public Christian Faith

Reconnecting Fellowship

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This Sunday will be the first time our church has gathered together since March 15. That’s eleven Sundays ago. The time has come when we may reopen the doors of our churches and sit again on each other’s couches, and return to face-to-face fellowship.

Chris Northcott May 29, 2020 Communal Christianity, Current Events

The Price of Protesting the Gathering Restrictions

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New Zealand appears to have dodged a bullet and gotten off lightly in this pandemic, yet many Christians are berating the government because we cannot gather as churches under Lockdown Level 2. But there is a high cost which I doubt we are counting.

Chris Northcott May 19, 2020 Communal Christianity, Current Events, Public Christian Faith

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

Disconnected Fellowship in the Time of the Lockdown

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||Short Article|| Live-streamed video conferencing is not too far from the ‘face to face’ of 2 John 12, but it cannot make up the full experience of gathered fellowship. The time will come when we may reopen the doors of our churches and sit again on each other’s couches.

Chris Northcott April 19, 2020 Communal Christianity, Current Events, Short Articles

The Commitments of Baptism

Last weekend four of our young men were baptised at our church camp. What follows are the questions that were asked, with some comments the significance they carry.

Chris Northcott March 21, 2020 Communal Christianity, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

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

Piety vs. Pragmatism toward the Word of God

Two subtle but significantly different ways we can approach scripture.

Chris Northcott March 20, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

The Indispensable ‘Disposables’

If you are a Christian struggling to find a place in your church, do not give up: you have more to offer than you can realise.

Chris Northcott March 20, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Communal Christianity, First Corinthians, Pastoral Passages

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