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Preaching & Preparation
An interview here with Mark Driscoll on how he prepares sermons. There’s a Q & A at the end as well which is quite insightful. Interestingly, he says he gets his application and illustrations ‘on the hoof’ or ‘as the Spirit leads’ (Christian speak). To be fair, he does say that it is not a practice he recommends for other preachers. My…
A Pastor & His Staff
Great article from mark Dever here on this topic. In fact the whole ejournal this month is excellent.
Men…What will you do with this life?
Interesting stuff going on in the states with hip hop communities. www.manup116.com
How does God respond to the sins of Christians?
A very good introduction to this topic here. This has come up with some of our new believers recently.
The Role of the church in Culture
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Tarquin Syndrome (5)
Straight Talk People in Niddrie don’t beat about the bush. One of the lads who comes to our youth café very bluntly went up to a student, who is serving with us for a couple of weeks, whom he had never met before and asked: ‘Are you a virgin? What do you think about sex before marriage?’ The language people use in Niddrie is equally straight down the line. I have never…
Does The Bible Approve of Ethnic Cleansing?
Consider Deuteronomy 20:16-18: “However, in the cities of the nations the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, do not leave alive anything that breathes. Completely destroy them—the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites and Jebusites—as the LORD your God has commanded you. Otherwise, they will teach you to follow all the detestable things…
Understanding & Connecting to our World (1)
Building Genuine Friendships I was walking down the street this week and I was stopped by a young Asian man looking for directions to the bus stop. Instead of pointing him in the general direction as I would normally do, I decided to walk him to the stop and chat to him on the way. It turns out…
10 Principles for Church Song Singing
Interesting stuff here from Kevin DeYoung on this. This is part 1 but you can also click on part 2 when you have finished.