||Book Summary|| Johnson’s book tells the story of evangelicalism’s shift from a paradigm of “care” to one of “cure”, and the failure and damage caused by the latter.
pastoral care
||Article|| As you read this, I would like you to imagine how things might be different today if the ideas here were widespread in churches 30-40 years ago. It is unfortunately common for churches to be slow to respond properly to difficult social issues – too often the response has been silence, reactionary, or capitulation. Nevertheless, “late” is better than “never” and churches are increasingly taking these kinds of ideas on board.
||Book Summary|| This book offers some probing questions for how Christians think about issues surrounding same-sex attraction. It also suggests ways that Christians can help those who struggle with same-sex attraction.
||Pastoral Passage|| What is the most important work of a pastor? And will you join in that work?
||Pastoral Passage|| A major goal of First John is to help us have assurance in our faith.
Chris Northcott 