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Great Testimony
http://www.vimeo.com/14130161
Incapacity Blaggers?
I have just read this article on the BBC website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-13152349. What is interesting for me working in Niddrie is that we are dealing with practically every person categorised on their list of Incapacity Benefit (IB) claimants. I am unsure what they mean by the term ‘unknown causes’. It is a little troubling given that 130,000…
Sin & Suffering
The Love Of God
Todays Reading From Don Carson’s book The Love Of God. FEW PASSAGES HAVE PROVED more popular at evangelical ordination services than, “Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction” (2 Tim. 4:2). We reflect, first, on the charge itself. It may be broken down into four components.…
Breaking The Missional Code
This is the title of a book I have just finished reading. You can find it here on Amazon. It is written by Ed Stetzer & David Pullman and is aimed at the North American market. This requires some hard thinking in order to extract principles that could apply to the UK. Despite the weird sounding title I really enjoyed the book. It is quite even handed in critiquing…
Planting For The Gospel
A Hands on guide to Church Planting by Graham Benyon. This is a nifty little book which gives us food for thought in a British context. Published by www.christianfocus.com
Mez Interview (Part III)
You get the picture! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ym8OnANfwuk&feature=relmfu]
Mez Interview (Part II)
The second part of the interview. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHa9-KeKWEE&feature=relmfu]
Mez Interview (Part I)
This is the first part of an interview I did explaining the work and needs of Niddrie Community Church. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fB_XnOKKdw&feature=relmfu]
9 Marks of a Healthy Church
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/15013700]We have used this book in our evening teaching sessions at the church. It doesn’t claim to be comprehensive but it is extremely helpful and practical. I did find that I had to do some work ‘fleshing it out’ and contextualising it for my people but it was well worth the effort.