When we look for the restoration of human destiny, we can see it rekindled in Jesus.
Category Archive: Reflections on Scripture
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.
Trusting the God who knows everything and knows him, the psalm writer submits himself to be examined, corrected, and guided.
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.
||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus presents wise living in a new light – instead of measuring wisdom by success in everyday life, it is measured by the practise of his word.
||Pastoral Passage|| Being a ‘scribe of the Kingdom’ today does not need to be limited to the professional scholars and Bible teachers
Some churches sing the psalms during their time of worship.
||Pastoral Passage|| 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.
||Pastoral Passage|| Spot your weeds, and pull them out.
On what do we base our confidence of persevering in the faith?
Chris Northcott 