Posts by Jason Nelson (Page 30)
Lord Carey v Lords Spiritual: FIGHT!
I have had an overwhelming response to an article I wrote this week on the government’s proposed benefit caps. As I stated in the article the initial proposal was defeated in the Lords thanks in no small part to the vocal opposition of a group of Bishops led by the Bishops of Ripon & Leeds, the Right Reverend John Packer. This, in turn, has sparked a mini debate…
Are Benefits Caps Evil?
It’s fair. It’s popular. It’s moral to ensure that families in which people are unemployed but able to work should not get more in benefits than the average family can earn. Or It’s arbitrary. It takes no account of the differences in rents and standards of living in different parts of the country. It’s immoral to force vulnerable families…
Steve Timmis on Church Planting
Steve Timmis is coming to Edinburgh next week to do a Gospel Coaching series for a group of pastors and planters in the city. He is coming in his capacity as the new director of A29 Western Europe and I am really looking forward to it. He has got lots of great things to say and to teach us about how to be better planters in whichever context we find ourselves. Take a look…
10 Questions Donors/Volunteers need to Ask Inner City Ministries
Yesterday we looked at a series of questions I would consider to be fundamental when seeking to work in partnership with voluntary groups, mission teams and individual donors and volunteers. Today, I would like to reverse the questions. So, if you are an individual seeking to support a work like…
10 Honest Questions Ministries Need to ask Donors/Volunteers
I have been reading a new book which I hope to be reviewing shortly on how Christians should work in the realm of community renewal. I found the following questions very helpful from a church perspective when considering if and when we should receive outside ‘teams’ of young people who…
Everything you could ever want by John Stott (and then some)!
See here for an amazing number of resources by John.
Are we really feeding each others souls by how we speak to one another?
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Is The Sinners Prayer Helpful or Even Biblical?
I remember when I first became interested in the Christian faith and somebody gave me a little booklet which included something called, ‘The Sinners Prayer’ at the end. I had no real clue as to what it really meant but I viewed it as the way in to the Christian faith. There is an…
How Fair are School Ranking Tables to Housing Scheme Children?
Our local high school has hit the news in recent weeks, and not for pleasant reasons. According to recently published figures, we have the worst High School in Scotland in terms of educational achievement. Read one news report here. The problem is also discussed in an another article here. The…
What Kind of Leaders do Housing Schemes Need?
Before we kick off let’s take ‘Bible believing’, ‘gospel loving’ and ‘evangelical’ as axioms 🙂 If we are to make any progress in housing schemes then we must be encouraging and growing the following types of leaders: 1. They must be able to see what other people cannot see. Where normal people see a problem, a visionary leader…