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Holiness, by J. C. Ryle

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||Book Summary|| Holiness is an Evangelical Classic for readers who desire spiritual instruction that is wholehearted and biblically derived.

Chris Northcott December 18, 2025 Book Summaries

Keeping Focus

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||Pastoral Passage|| We evangelical Christians are people of the gospel. May we never be unfocussed evangelicals.

Chris Northcott December 12, 2025 Pastoral Passages

God’s Guest List: Welcome and Inclusion in the Gospel of Luke

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||Article|| The reality of sin moderates our understanding of Luke’s theme of welcome and inclusion.

Chris Northcott November 14, 2025 Pastoral Passages

The Impulse to Praise

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||Pastoral Passage|| Every single facet of creation is called upon to worship God because he is the Creator, the King, and the Redeemer, but only humanity can articulate God’s worthiness with words.

Chris Northcott November 7, 2025 Doctrine of God, Evangelism, Pastoral Passages

“Christians Eat Babies”

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||Pastoral Passage|| A major need for commending and defending Christian faith today are ordinary Christians who are willing to talk with their neighbors and colleagues

Chris Northcott October 3, 2025 Evangelism, Pastoral Passages, Public Christian Faith

Evangelism in a Skeptical World: How to Make the Unbelievable News about Jesus More Believable

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||Book Summary|| This book left me with the impression that I need to revisit it—with a pen and notebook.

Chris Northcott September 26, 2025 Book Summaries

Hebrews 2v11: Jesus, Worthy to be Called Our Brother

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||Pastoral Passage|| Jesus has earned the right to be called the brother to his people. He is worthy to be followed and trusted as our leader and redeemer.

Chris Northcott August 29, 2025 Hebrews, Pastoral Passages

New Identity, New Community, New Purpose: The Transformations of Christian Conversion

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||Pastoral Passage|| These are challenging changes, so helping inquirers see this and helping each other grow into this is an important part of what we can do as a church community.

Chris Northcott June 20, 2025 Pastoral Passages

Redemptive Family: How church as a family rooted in a place lies at the heart of God’s mission

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||Book Summary|| This book highlights the fundamental features of the nature of the church—a family, on a mission, in a place, together—and challenges all Christians to ensure that these things are clearly built into the way we spend our time together

Chris Northcott June 25, 2024 Book Summaries
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