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Pastoral Helps

Prayers and step-by-step guidance for perinatal loss and end-of-life moments—written for hospital rooms, lounge rooms, and gravesides.

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Essays that think with the Church

From Paul’s view of the Wrath of God to the Resurrection and Baptist distinctives—biblical, careful, and pastorally aware.

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External Help

Curated addiction treatment directories and guides so you can begin with clarity and courage.

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About Forrest Ministries

A long-standing work by Trevor & Alison Forrester—uniting clear theology and compassionate care since the 1990s, and continually growing with new articles and pastoral resources.

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Latest Blog Posts

God’s Knowledge, Human Freedom, and the Commands to Joshua

The Book of Joshua opens with a command that still confronts me every time I read it: “Be strong and courageous… go in to possess the lan

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“You Shall Not Murder”: A Study of the Sixth Commandment as the Moral Plumb Line for War

In my earlier essay, The Pre-1900 Just War Tradition (for the workshop, the paddock, and the pulpit). A Personal Reflection, I traced the lane markers

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Who am I and why do I exist? Reading Psalm 8 in the light of Christ.

By Trevor Forrester Chaplain. Psalm 8 humbles us under the night sky and honours us under God’s Word: the human creature is finite yet crowned b

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When Blessing Sounds Hollow: A Pastoral-Theological Response.

Facing suffering, especially children’s deaths, critics say Christian blessing is hollow, God does nothing, Scripture sanctifies violence, and f

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Pastoral Rubric (Perinatal Loss & End-of-Life Vigils)

Purpose. A pocket guide for compassionate, Scripture-anchored ministry in hospital and home contexts. Adapt language to tradition and context. Protect

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Finding Truth in a post Truth World.

We are increasingly living in a world where the word truth has started to lose some of its meaning. President Donald Trump of the United States of Ame

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