It is awkward when you are represented in such a way that you neither wholeheartedly endorse nor wish to outright deny.
As Christians the gospel should shape our values and perspectives on all issues, and here I would like to offer the example of one man whose perspective on one of these was indeed formed by his commitment to Jesus. His name was Paulus Orosius.
We recommit Whitefield’s mistake by participating in the normalized sins of our age. Take care not to take part in them. They might be normal, but they are not right.
Truth isn’t affected by popularity, or a lack of it.
Experience will teach us that although Christian hope should give us gladness, it does not remove but only blunts the varied griefs we suffer and does not fill the hole left in the lives of those left behind.
||Pastoral Passage|| “. . . the miner and the grocer were not people who had a “ministry” like a professional pastor or Christian worker, yet they had a huge impact for the kingdom of God.”
||Short Article|| The strength to refuse honour to the cultural idols of our day will come from having a clear vision of a bigger God.
I would like to promote the use of ‘real’ (i.e. paper) Bibles for personal reading.
||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
Chris Northcott 