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Communion – it’s meant for sinners!
A thought provoking little article here by Luke Stamps on how we should approach the Lord’s Supper.
Doctrinal Discernment
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The trouble of joy (2)
by Andy Constable So we saw last week that Paul was going through some difficult circumstances but that he doesn’t seem upset, or in despair, or angry but quite the opposite. He is a man full of joy. Why is Paul joyful despite the circumstances he faces? To begin with it’s important to note that joy is not the same as happiness. Happiness is an emotion that depends on…
Interviewing Church Planters (2)
Today I would like to introduce you to Rev. Dan Rogers from Christ The King Dorchester. His website is below. www.CTKDorchester.org Tell us a little about the area you work in Dan works in a neighbourhood in Boston called Dorchester (hence the name! Clever that, hey?). It is a huge area (at least from a UK perspective) with a population of 154,000 people. Almost 30% of…
Is youth ministry biblical? PART 3
Hopefully by now you’re familiar with the American short film called Divided. It comes from the NCFIC (National Centre for Family Integrated Churches) and it makes the case against segregated youth ministry as it has no basis in scripture and is founded upon pagan evolutionary principles. If you missed my first two posts, you can find them here: PART 1 and PART 2.…
Old & Young Pastors: Seeking the gospel in our conflict
I have been reading a lot about this topic lately (not that I have been having any problems with old pastors). But I think that there is solid wisdom in this great article from Trevin wax, fast becoming a favourite blogger of mine. Read what he has to say here.
Learning from the life of Jonathan Edwards (3)
Part III: Sacked, Yet More Opposition, Indians & Other Stuff In the public arena, at least, the ‘Northampton Controversy’ of 1749 was concerned with Edward’s supposedly ‘new’ view on Communion and Baptism (he denied the charge that it was new). Edward’s wanted to restrict communion to believing…
Niddrie: A Welcoming Church?
This is an interesting little dilemma for NCC – well I say dilemma, more something I am musing on currently as I am reading. Lots of the books I am reading on church planting are dedicating whole chapters to the art of ‘welcoming’. It seems like it is a big thing, particularly in the USofA. Generally, I have not messed with the ‘welcoming…
‘Preach Like a Calvinist, Pray Like an Arminian – If you’re a loser!
Great little post here on avoiding some of the sayings in Christian land which confuse people about the doctrines of grace. Please take some time to read it here. I will be posting further on the doctrines of grace and how they relate and motivate Christ-centred ministry and church planting.
The trouble of joy
by Andy Constable Philippians is one of my favourite books in the Bible. It’s one of the first books that I read when I became a Christian and I remember it challenging me so much. I’ve been preaching through this book on Sunday evenings over the last year and I want to share with you some of the things that I’ve been learning. The first thing I want to look at is the…