Cultural and academic underachievement might need to be a mark of faithfulness to Jesus in our busy and cultured society.
||Pastoral Passage|| Community is built into Christianity, much like smartphones are made to be hooked into the internet.
||Pastoral Passage|| There is a fairly old debate concerning modern Christian mission: Should priority be given to gospel preaching or to social action?
A materialist worldview asks too much of people. It isn’t a good deal.
||Pastoral Passage|| Do we make our service to Christ suit our plans and convenience?
When it comes to marriage and family formation, religious conservatives want to eat their cake and eat it too.
Is Christianity progressive? It certainly is – it just has its own vision, that sets its own agenda.
||Pastoral Passage|| The customer is not always right
||Pastoral Passage|| Always hold on.
Advent, it turns out, is not about the countdown to Christmas
Chris Northcott 