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Scared of Sin
Good post here from Ed Welch
Gospel Proclamation v Social Action
interestingly being re-labelled ‘ministries of mercy’ by many in the USA. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/26484222]
Amy Winehouse – lessons for us all
A concise summary on the resurgence site here, particularly in reflecting on the damaging and deadly effect that sin has on the entire human race. Some go quicker than others, but death comes to claim us all. It is where we spend eternity that ultimately matters.
Poor Kids in the UK
Watch this and ask yourself, ‘where is the church and what we are we doing in these areas?’ I grew up like this and thank God for his grace and mercy to me and the faithfulness of that small group of believers who took it upon themselves to reach out onto my estate.
Prescription Drugs: the silent killer
The death of Amy Winehouse has led to a raft of articles on drug use and addiction in the press over the last few days. About the only good thing to come out of the media circus is that the debate has broadened off from Heroin and Alcohol to prescription controlled addiction. Read the following article from the BBC website as an example.…
Great Tribute to John Stott
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=tD6JW-RnBQQ#at=16]
John Stott has died
One of our leading evangelical thinkers for so long. He courted controversy in certain areas but he leaves a great legacy to the Christian world. Read a report here.
9 in 10 claimants ‘fit to work’
I have been reading the headlines over the last few days with a sort of wry resignation. Check out an article here to get a grasp of the ‘issue’. Apparently, our government are only just ‘discovering’ that many incapacity benefit claimants are actually ‘fit to work’! The Scots, it appears, are the worst when it comes to making false…
Updated & Upgraded
I have spent most of my afternoon putting my articles and stuff into better organised categories (I can hear John Piper screaming, ‘Don’t waste your life’ as I write this), so hopefully this means my older stuff is now more easily accessible. And just in case anybody is really taking any notice, my address has changed to www.niddriepastor.com. Thanks for…
How to preach the gospel to yourself…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSTc0a_xsCA&feature=player_embedded#at=13] Caveat: It may be confusing as he refers to the fruit of the spirit as the gifts of the spirit, but I think he means that this fruit is a gift per se. Good stuff though in terms of challenging people with the gospel and not with moralism. The key is a change of heart first before a…