||Pastoral Passage|| It is one thing to reject Jesus because one dislikes him, but quite another to base that decision on a misunderstanding of him.
Category Archive: Gospel of Matthew
||Pastoral Passage|| Is our following of Jesus easier than he intended it to be?
||Pastoral Passage|| Three episodes from the Gospel of Matthew that not only inform us about Jesus, but suggest to us how we can relate to him.
||Pastoral Passage|| There is a fairly old debate concerning modern Christian mission: Should priority be given to gospel preaching or to social action?
||Pastoral Passage|| The call of Christ still waits to be answered.
||Pastoral Passage|| I think it would be a great project to read through the Gospels and consider how ALL of it is “good news”.
||Pastoral Passage|| The ‘Beatitudes’ surprises us. The actions and attitudes commended are either humiliating, costly or emotionally draining.
||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus’ proclamation of the kingdom of God announced that its arrival was imminent, and that we must drop everything in order to be ready and on board for it – that is, we must repent.
||Pastoral Passage|| The episode of Jesus in the wilderness has much to teach Christians as they seek to follow his example.
||Pastoral Passage|| I have been considering the theme of ‘wisdom’ in Proverbs lately, and what its connection to Jesus’ words in Matthew 23:34 could be: “I am sending you scribes, prophets and wise men.”
Chris Northcott 