Random Stuff (Page 40)
Why wasn’t Jesus Calm when he faced death?
I read this interesting article on TGC webite. check it out. http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2011/04/21/jesus-and-the-martyrs/
Government cuts mean Gospel Opportunities!
Much has been written and reported in the media about the savage spending cuts the government seem to be enforcing across large swathes of our local community resources. I am not interested in pushing a political view but I am interested in observing, thinking about and acting upon what this means for the Christian church (both here and Niddrie and further afield). The…
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
Reflections on Chicago’s Gospel Coalition Conference 2011
I just spent a week in the ‘windy city’ so called (according to R Kent Hughes) because its politicians of long ago were infamous for their long, drawn out speeches and not (as I had thought) because it was simply windy (which it was)! Anyway, during my time there I was privileged to…