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Psalm 139: Trustful Obedience to the God Who Knows Me

Trusting the God who knows everything and knows him, the psalm writer submits himself to be examined, corrected, and guided.

Chris Northcott March 19, 2020 Doctrine of God, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality, Psalms

The Preparatory Duty of Praise

The time when we praise God in song is a time to force cold and indifferent hearts into duty, to nurse godly affections into greater strength that have been smothered by our inclination to self, and to shove aside distracting thoughts of life’s affairs.

Chris Northcott March 19, 2020 Communal Christianity, Pastoral Passages, Psalms

The Internal Machinations of Creaturely Rule-Breaking.

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Sin is more terrible than we understand or acknowledge, but not more deep than the mercy of the God we dismiss and disobey.

Chris Northcott March 18, 2020 Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages

How Strugglers Go the Long Haul

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It can be hard to really appreciate how challenging it is for some people to continue as Christians, and just how easy and attractive it is to simply tap out. Are we equipping people to process and understand these struggles well? Are we providing the support for them to hang in there while they do?

Chris Northcott March 16, 2020 Communal Christianity, Pastoral Passages

Israel Folau Needs to Up His Game

It is awkward when you are represented in such a way that you neither wholeheartedly endorse nor wish to outright deny.

Chris Northcott March 15, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

A Gospel Shaped Attitude to Immigration.

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As Christians the gospel should shape our values and perspectives on all issues, and here I would like to offer the example of one man whose perspective on one of these was indeed formed by his commitment to Jesus. His name was Paulus Orosius.

Chris Northcott March 15, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

Whitefield Kept Slaves

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We recommit Whitefield’s mistake by participating in the normalized sins of our age. Take care not to take part in them. They might be normal, but they are not right.

Chris Northcott March 15, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Lessons from Historic Christians, Pastoral Passages

The Declining Relevance of Pubs and Clubs

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Truth isn’t affected by popularity, or a lack of it.

Chris Northcott March 13, 2020 Christianity and Culture, Communal Christianity, 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

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

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