||A brief word on a neglected but central aspect of the role of the Holy Spirit within Christ’s churches||
||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|| Quenching the Spirit’s work could be likened to dumping a pile of wet firewood on a fire – rather than feeding and growing it, the timber makes the fire struggle and could even put it out.
||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.
||Pastoral Passage|| Grumbling and unbelief are the two sins that Israel committed in their wilderness journey that we must take care not to fall into.
||Pastoral Passage|| Israel’s journey through the wilderness in Exodus and Numbers can be likened to the Christian life.
||Pastoral Passage|| That anyone could commit the act of adultery while on honeymoon is almost beyond belief. Yet the incident of the golden calf in Exodus 32 was exactly that.
||Pastoral Passage|| It is because we may pray in Jesus’ name that we can expect our prayers to be heard by God the Father.
Chris Northcott 