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How Our Leaders Are Losing Their Grip & Why We’re Happy About It
I recently spent a couple of days away with our Ministry Team in order to discuss polices, have some concentrated teaching and enjoy a bit of fun and fellowship. We try to do it every year in order to welcome any new faces into the fold. This year there were 13 people and their families present.…
20 Schemes: ‘Gospel Churches For Scotland’s Poorest’ (1)
This week saw the launch of a new website: www.20schemes.com to go alongside our Facebook page and our twitter feed: @20schemes. So, what is 20schemes and how did it come about? 20schemes is the brainchild of myself and Matthew Spandler-Davison, a Scotsman (despite the mangled accent on our video)…
The Heavens Declare The Glory Of God
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You Were Predestined To Read This (Or You May Choose Not To)!
Today is a bit of a Reformed doctrine day. I do this from time to time if I find some interesting articles. Church planting requires some theological thought and reflection, as well as an appreciation for church history (even if we don’t agree with some of it). I felt like it was predestined…
20 Schemes – Gospel Churches For Scotland’s Poorest
We are launching our Niddrie’s new church planting initiative in the next few weeks. We currently have a Facebook page which you can like here. This weekend we will be launching our new website. Last week, as many of you know, we launched in America at the SEBTs 2012, 9Marks Conference and we…
What Are We Doing While Young Men Die?
Inner cities are little war zones in which bloody wars are fought. Gangs of young men stab and shoot each other ‘on sight’ for straying into the wrong postcode. The rest of us cross these front lines every day without knowing it – but if you’re a young man from, in this case, the Jamaican community in Birmingham you are in mortal danger whether you are armed or…
Where Will Our Future leaders Come From?
At Niddrie we will be launching a new church planting initiative within the next month. We are calling it “20Schemes” and further details will follow. We are launching this project in partnership with a church in Kentucky called Bardstown Christian Fellowship, itself planted by a Scotsman, Matthew Spandler-Davison. We are also benefitting hugely from the…
Why I Trust The Bible
John Piper answers this question here. Enjoy your Sunday.
Faith Comes By Hearing
“Faith Comes By Hearing” is a good resource site for those of us who work with people who find it difficult to read. One of the things we are currently considering at NCC is filming more Bible studies and building a contextualised, oral resource library for our ministry. If anybody knows of any similar resources or is interested in helping us develop material…
With The Greatest Of Respect I Think You’re An Idiot!
I recently discovered, ‘Writers Write’, a useful little blog on becoming a better writer. Not a Christian site but helpful nonetheless. It can be found here. The table below is from the site.