||Pastoral Passage|| I have wondered if the way we practice church gatherings is too attendance-based to prompt much opportunity for meaningful fellowship and mutual love.
||Pastoral Passage|| An experience of healing, by faith in the character of God, expressed by prayer.
||Pastoral Passage|| Three episodes from the Gospel of Matthew that not only inform us about Jesus, but suggest to us how we can relate to him.
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.
Chris Northcott 