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A Chance to Marvel at God’s Handiwork & My Holiday for 3 Weeks
I am going away with my family for a holiday for the next 3 weeks. That’s means that I won’t be writing any serious articles for a while. However, I have left some interesting links for one of my team to post on here daily. I hope you find them helpful. I am taking quite a lot of…
The Meaning of Marriage
I have had this book on the shelf for some time and recently got around to completing it. I was in NY when Tim and Kathy Keller were doing the promo work for the book. A certain Mark Driscoll was gaining headlines at the same time for his book on marriage but for altogether different reasons! The first thing I would say about any book on marriage is that I feel a sense of…
15 Steps To A Long & Healthy Ministry In Housing Schemes!
Sometimes it’s the early morning phone call or the Sunday afternoon text when you’re settling down with the family. A crisis is at hand and you’re the one being called to deal with it. Emotions conflict. Is it an emergency? Can somebody else do it? Can it wait until tomorrow?…
The Family Tree of Jesus
Where Was God At The Denver Shooting?
Al Mohler gets to grip with the problem of evil here.
How To Confess Your Sin Biblically
There is a really helpful little article here from Peacemaker Ministries on the “7 A’s of Confession”. Short but challenging.
Killing Sin Before It Kills You!
“He that trades sensuality for Pharisaism has not mortified sin… He has changed his master, but he is a servant still.” (John Owen) [vimeo http://vimeo.com/43983757] The Resurgence website has a 12 page analytical survey of John Owen’s position on the mortification of sin and can be downloaded in pdf here.
How Does The Church Planter “Put Off” Lust?
Some helpful thoughts here on an issue that affects all of us.
The Dangers of Church Planting Too Young
This is a helpful little clip on some of the issues of young men wanting to go out and plant churches at a young age. At Niddrie we currently offering training and development to one young family looking to plant a church in a housing scheme, with the hope of many more in the future. Again, let me point you to Acts29WE if this is something that you are seriously…
Something From Nothing?
Continuing my apologetics weekend, here is a great link to a brilliant article by Peter. S. Williams on the “Bethinking” website. Take your time and enjoy it here. Who Designed the Designer? [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vV0_nZvJfeI#!] If you’re really into this stuff – here’s 2 hours of debate!…