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Category Archive: Personal Spirituality

Colossians 4.12: Praying in Light of the Promised Plans of God

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||Pastoral Passage|| It is fine to pray for help, thank God or ask his forgiveness. But texts like Colossians 4:12 add something more – prayer in light of God’s promises and purposes, asking him to hasten these things.

Chris Northcott March 19, 2022 Colossians, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality, Reflections on Scripture

Isaiah 66.2: God’s DTR with Humanity

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||Pastoral Passage|| How has God defined the relationship between himself and humanity?

Chris Northcott February 18, 2022 Isaiah, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

Hebrews 1.1-2: The place God has spoken, and looking to hear him elsewhere.

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Experiences don’t make or break the Christian life. They can be a great boost for faithful Christian living, but in the end they count for nothing if what God has already clearly spoken has little value to you. Do seek to hear God, but make sure you aren’t neglecting to listen in the right place. He has already spoken.

Chris Northcott May 2, 2021 Hebrews, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

Matthew 18.21-35: Difficult Forgiving

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The parable of the Unforgiving Servant spells out in severe terms the necessity of forgiving those who wrong us “from the heart”. An issue that arises here is the very real difficulty people can have in bringing themselves to forgive.

Chris Northcott March 4, 2021 Communal Christianity, Gospel of Matthew, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

Amazing Grace: Past, Present, and Future

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||Pastoral Passage|| The sweetness of salvation must be more than a fond memory. It must be the fuel of the Christian life that propels us forward in the present and all the way to the end.

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

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

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

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

Screens vs. Paper

I would like to promote the use of ‘real’ (i.e. paper) Bibles for personal reading.

Chris Northcott March 11, 2020 Communal Christianity, Pastoral Passages, Personal Spirituality

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

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