||Pastoral Passage|| Some people, like myself, are quite directly called into faith in God (or some aspect of Christian living or understanding) without personal difficulty, perhaps akin to the prior passage; Proverbs 1:20-23. Others, however, must struggle greatly and persevere in this struggle until they reach their object. This post discusses Proverbs 2:1-5, which encourages us to that struggle.
Category Archive: Reflections on Scripture
||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.”
||Pastoral Passage|| The book of Proverbs introduces us to three people types: the wise, the simple, and the fool.
||Pastoral Passage|| Why might it be hard to be satisfied and stay satisfied in God’s love?
||Pastoral Passage|| Why is the tenth of the Ten Commandments different from all the rest?
||Pastoral Passage|| Have you ever thought about your soul as something that could be healthy or sick?
||Pastoral Passage|| Christian faith and repentance is evidence of our victory over the world.
||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus said: “What good does it do a man if he gains the whole world but forfeits his own soul?” (Matt 16:26). If you are successful in the world, never let this question cease to haunt you.
||Pastoral Passage|| In Christian spirituality there is a place for striving, and a place for resting.
||Pastoral Passage|| A message from John Owen about keeping Christ first when life is still filled with bright opportunities.
Chris Northcott 