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The Reformed Pastor (2)
The Motives To This Oversight Having shown us in the first part that we need to ‘take heed of ourselves‘, Baxter moves on in chapter 2 to discuss the motives behind this ‘duty’. 1. ‘Take heed of yourselves, for you have a heaven to win or lose…O what sadder case can there be in the world, than for a man, who made it his very trade and…
Church Planting Movements
Check out this interesting (and free) online booklet from www.imb.org/CPM. Of particular interest are the 10 universal elements that you would expect to find in any developing church planting movement. I may blog on each of them more in-depth.
Plan B For The Lost??
I have just read a fascinating article in Themelios on what happens to those who never hear the good news of Christ. Read it here on Pp 48-55, entitled: ‘The Hopelessness of the Unevangelized.‘ It is worth a read as a reminder of the terrible condition of the lost and the eternality of hell in particular. This is not a game we play – real men and women…
Planting New Churches
NCC is going through the process of independence from the ‘mother ship’ and, all things being well, we should have full autonomy by January 2012. This is my fourth year at Niddrie and I am already thinking about what the future holds for us here as a congregation. Stetzer says: ‘I’m disappointed when gifted church planters have not, after three…
Know your limits stupid!
I read an interesting article in Themelios. You can access it here. The article you are looking for is pages 4-6 and is written by Carl Trueman, entitled, ‘Know Your Limits: The Key Secrets Of Theological Controversy.’ He makes some interesting points, particularly concerning those of us who waste many hours dealing with theological ‘controversies’…
Love Your Pastor Peeps!!
Interesting article from a USA perspective. I wonder what the statistics would be in the UK? I know there is a chronic shortage of pastors in our country. Less and less men seem to be taking up the ministry. I imagine in church planting circles the rates of attrition are higher still.…
Community Service?
This term has become synonymous (in more progressive church circles at least) with the term ‘missional living’. In Niddrie, Community Service is something imposed upon you by the courts in the place of a prison sentence. When I was sentenced to community service back in the late 80’s (for burglary) I had to spend 40 hours of my life cleaning toilets,…
The Reformed Pastor (1)
I am rereading this old Christian classic and I have to say it is immensely challenging and extremely applicable for and any all serious minded followers of Jesus Christ. You may wonder why a book of this title has anything to do with church planting in an inner city housing scheme but I can assure you that it is a treasure trove for those ‘who have ears to hear and…
Niddrie Bike Project
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Are you wasting your life?
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/20106948] Enough said.