Leadership/Ministry Training (Page 17)
Is youth ministry biblical? PART 2
A couple of weeks ago I introduced you to an American short film called Divided. If you missed it, here’s the first post: ‘Is youth ministry biblical?‘ As promised, I’m going to take the opportunity over the next few weeks to reflect on some of the issues raised by the movie. According to the movie, ‘youth ministry’ has no basis in Scripture,…
A response to grumpy reformed pastors
Apparently John MacArthur has kicked up a bit of a fuss with a swing at the Young, Reformed & Restless brigade in the USA. Read what he has to say here.One of my fav bloggers has then responded to this, I think very ably and graciously, here.
Young Ministers v Old Ministers
If you’re a young minister, frustrated by the older generation of pastor’s and their attitude toward you and your ministry, read this and repent. If you are an older minister who despairs of the younger generation, their new fangled ways of doing things and their almost arrogant disregard for church tradition, read this and repent. Every single person needs to…
Ministry is War!
So says our hairy friend Paul Tripp. Read his article here.
5 Principles for Evangelical Leadership
A great article here from the Ligionier blog and a timely reminder to us in these times about the biblical qualities we should be looking for in our leaders.
Making God’s Word “your thing”
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Is youth ministry biblical? PART 1
My name’s Mike Stark, I’m the lead youth worker at Niddrie Community Church. Mez brought this interesting little video to my attention. Here’s the trailer (3 minutes long), which gives you a flavour of the argument. The movie is called ‘Divided’ and was produced in conjunction with The National Centre for Family-Integrated Churches. The…
We can’t teach frogs to fly!
Please take some time out to read this great post here.
Driscoll on planting issues
Richard Coekin interviewing Mark Driscoll here on everything from how he handles authority, Robe Bell, his language, the Royal Wedding (really!) & his devotional life. I like Richard Coekin a lot. He is a very open, biblical and direct gospel man and he is involved in something in London called Co-Mission. Check out their site here on church planting in the south of…
Why Christians need to read
Further to some earlier videos I posted on this issue, I have been interested to note wide ranging discussion on this topic across a range of blogs. John Brand offers some good insights here on his site and offer further links to the topic. One of the questions is what should Christians be reading, given that there is so much rubbish out there in the market place. See…