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Incarnational Opportunities!
A large forest in Africa has been destroyed to provide the paper for the thousands of articles written on the benefits of ‘incarnational’ ministry. In church planting contexts such as ours it is an important consideration. Should the minister live on the estate which he is trying to reach? There is a glaringly obvious response from most of us to that question…
Butt Prints!
Ha. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djdFq42J3uc&feature=youtu.be
Preaching, Family & Getting Our Priorities Right
I spent a couple of hours this morning in a meeting with R Kent Hughes and various pastors from Scotland. He spoke very eloquently on the subject of his pastoral experience and his belief in ‘expository’ preaching. RKH has written numerous books and we as a church have been using…
Altar Calls
Interesting article published by The Gospel Coalition. http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/thabitianyabwile/2011/04/29/what-about-altar-calls/
Leave me alone I know what I’m doing!
‘Church planters tend to be self starters and often think of themselves as self-sufficient. That personality test is often resistant to the advice of others – thinking, “If I’d listened to other people, I would not be planting the church in the first place”. So goes the quote in Ed Stetzer’s book. In context he is talking about the…
Should Christians be celebrating the death of Osama Bin Laden?
Let me refer you to this interesting article by Michael Horton. http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/article_print.html?id=91717. There are also some interesting links on http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2011/05/02/how-should-christians-think-about-the-death-of-osama-bin-laden/
What makes a good church planter?
There are lots of church planting ‘agencies’ and ‘movements’ around at the moment. It seems to be in vogue like never before – or perhaps I am only just noticing it! Regardless, there seems to be endless views on how we assess church planters and what type of person would be ‘successful’ in this type of ministry. One such process…
‘Settled’ Pastor v ‘Itchy’ Planter
I have moved around a few churches in my 12 years in pastoral ministry. My first ministry saw explosive growth in the youth ministry but ended badly when I resigned my position. My next church in inner city Birmingham was an altogether happier affair and I have great memories of my time there. My…
Dealing with personal criticism
This link is worth checking out from the website of CJ Mahaney. Wince, and enjoy! http://www.sovereigngraceministries.org/blogs/cj-mahaney/post/2011/04/28/The-Pastor-and-Personal-Criticism-PDF-free-ebooks.aspx
How Slippery is Rob Bell?
I watched and interesting debate on the Premier Radio website last night. It was between Rob Bell and a guy called Adrian Warnock (check out his blog on my site). A couple of things stood out. Firstly, how incredibly slippery he was with any direct questioning on his personal beliefs about hell in particularly, alongside a host of other things. Secondly, I did think he…