Discipleship (Page 16)
Evangelising the Young on Housing Schemes
by Mike Stark (Youth & School’s Worker for NCC) I recently attended “Deep Impact”, Scotland’s National Christian Youth Work Conference in Aviemore. I came back refreshed, inspired and excited about all the work ahead. I’ve got a lot to reflect on over the next couple of weeks: the people I met, the things I learned, and truths I just…
From Selling Heroin in the Car Park to Proclaiming Christ in the Community
When I came to Niddrie over 4 years ago there was a young woman involved in selling Heroin outside our doors in the car park. Most of the members were oblivious but I spotted it after about 2.1 seconds! Her name was Charlene and she had two young children. Before long she had heard the gospel of…
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…
Christian Men: Where is Your Vision?
By Andy Constable Last week we were thinking about the lack of biblical men in our churches. One of the biggest problems for men is that of apathy and I think much of it is caused by a lack of vision. Many men are being taken in by pornography, television and computer games because they have little vision for the gospel and the church. They have little direction and don’t…
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…
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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Christian Men: Take Up Your Cross in Housing Schemes!
by Andy Constable One of the biggest problems in schemes across Scotland is the breakdown of male leadership. We have many young men without role models. We have lots of men living off the state to provide for their income instead of working. We have many men being bossed around by their…
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…
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…