||Pastoral Passage|| The episode of Jesus in the wilderness has much to teach Christians as they seek to follow his example.
Category Archive: The Letters of John
||Pastoral Passage|| The short New Testament letter called First John gives a series of ‘tests’ by which Christians (real or professed) can check whether their faith is genuine, rather than sham or superficial. The first of these so-called ‘tests’ is that of obedience.
||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.
||Pastoral Passage|| A major goal of First John is to help us have assurance in our faith.
Chris Northcott 