Discipleship (Page 3)
Reformed Rapping & Catechisms!
Right, here is one more post on rap! I know, I know. But I found this clip online and I was just immensely impressed by it. I also discovered a website called, ‘Reformed Rappers’ with some great articles including one, unbelievably, on the subject of the regulative principle. It’s worth a look around even if rap is not your thing. How cool is the…
How Too Much Discipleship Was Hurting Our New Christians
Our current church membership stands at about 55, with another 15 or so waiting in the wings to be baptised. We have a Sunday attendance of anywhere between 70 and 100 (I suspect that’s roughly the same number of urinals found at any Mars Hill Church). By any description we are a small…
The Hard Corp
Anybody else remember the days when book launches were sedate things done in coffee houses and maybe a quick plug from the pulpit? Not these days my friends! Here is the launch video of a book written by Dai Hankey, a friend of mine who is church planting in one of the toughest estates in Wales. It look suspiciously like a Scene from, ‘Saving Private Ryan’.…
What Do A Group of Violent Thieves, Liars, Drug Addicts, Alcohol Abusers & Ex Convicts Have In Common?
The answer is ‘nothing‘ until you throw Jesus Christ into the mix! Let me introduce you to the four new housemates at James Ramsay House. JRH is a Victorian house owned by Niddrie Community Church and is situated…
The Church & The Surprising Offence of God’s Love
I’ve been laid up in bed for a week after an accident and I pulled this book off my bookshelf, largely because I’m due to preach on the theme of God’s love in the coming week. Let me start by saying that this is quite a chunky book, considering the strap line: ‘Reintroducing…
Church Planting Lessons
He’s a posh dude but I like what Justin Mote says here. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/20540611]
How Small Churches Can Help Missions
There is a great article here published on The Gospel Coalition website here. Missions, training and church planting, particularly, do not have to be the domain of large churches. We are one of the smallest churches in the city (60 members) and I would hazard a guess that we offer one of the largest training places in Scotland for our type of ministry (9 full time…
The Reward of His Suffering
Beautiful. Glorious. Deeply challenging. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PXTYsY7XqNU#!]
What Are We Really Teaching Our Children About God & The Church?
I saw this video ages ago and I may have even posted it before but I am still deeply challenged in many different ways every time I watch it. How little we really know about the people we sit next to in our churches each week. May God help each of us to live lives that are more transparent,…
Should Baptism Be Spontaneous?
I am still mulling this over in Niddrie. I am so slow to baptise here, largely because I fear doing it falsely and we end up with a community of people who ‘got baptised at the mission’ but are now nowhere with the Lord. we have seen so many profess faith over the years but 90% are nowhere. This is an ongoing battle. The attraction of baptising more people and…