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Creation Concerns
1. Interesting stuff here from Challies assessing Al Mohler’s presentation of why he is a literal, 6 day creationist. 2. Should Christians embrace evolution? Book review here, again from Challies. 3. Here is John Sailhamer’s position, held by John Piper amongst others. Have fun!
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…
Stranger on the Road
I came across this book about 10 years ago when I worked in an inner city church in Birmingham. It takes its title from the encounter Jesus had with 2 disciples on the way to Emmaus in Luke 24. In v27 we read that, ‘beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He (Jesus) expounded to them all the scriptures the things concerning himself.’ Taking this premise the…
Can we really judge if a person is truly saved?
Interesting little discussion here on this.
Culturally Relevant Evangelism
A church you know is putting on an event with classical music, poetry recitals and then offering cheese and wine (non alcoholic of course!) afterward as a way to reach unbelievers? What is our reaction to this? Another church, in an attempt to attract unbelievers, puts on a karaoke style event with a chip supper? What is our reaction to this? The temptation, depending on…
Church Planting v Church Renewal
There have been many articles written on this topic from a theoretical point of view. What is the advantage of planting a church from scratch over and against the hive model (taking a group of pre-existing Christians and launching them as a ‘plant’)? I have experience of both models and here are some initial and tentative observations. When I planted the Good…
Corrected by the Text
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/24635747]
Training Future Leaders
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/24052087] Some interesting comments here. We operate a different model but the idea is the same – to raise men and women to be competent and capable gospel workers in inner city housing schemes. That will obviously include ‘preachers’ but not exclusively so. At NCC we use some great material in partnership with the Porterbrook…
How well do we listen?
By and large Christians like to speak. They have got something of eternal significance to say after all. Many of us are poor listeners. Many Christians don’t have many non Christian friends (or any come to that). They think they do. But they don’t. If you have been a believer for any length of time, count the number of genuine non Christian friends you have.…
The Planter & His Preparation
Good little clip here from Darrin Patrick on the character of a church planter. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/20574765]