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Working With Addictions (4) Dealing With The Double Minded
This is Part 4 of a series I started some time ago on how to work with those with addictions. Parts I, II & III can be found by clicking on the number. How many people do we know that have ‘original’ opinions on anything? The media have saturated our lives to such an extent that…
Christ Centred Womanhood
see here. for a definition of this. Also on the same blog is an interesting article concerning children. see here.
T4G Conference 2012: Relating it to Housing Schemes (4) “How The Gospel Leads to Law Keeping!”
Speaker: Kevin DeYoung Text: 1 Corinthians 15:10 Title: Spirit-Powered, Gospel-Driven, Faith-Fueled Effort This was a man whose books I have read, reviewed and respected and so I was expecting much as he came to speak to us.…
The Number One Requirement For Church Planting?
I have been travelling all over the place for the last 2 weeks and so I have been posting the odd blog here and there. I will catch up next week and get down to some proper writing. Read the following article from Bob Roberts (Exponential) here and see what you think. I personally think the number…
A Brief History of Youth Ministry
A great post here by the people at TGC.
Better Church Services
A decent article from The Briefing here.
Church Planting Supersite!!
I am always on the hunt for good resources when it comes to church planting. The problem we have in the UK is the lack of quality material on the topic, relevant to our context. The problem we have in housing schemes is contextualising material written for a largely middle class demographic. However, if you can think on your feet and are able to work hard at this,…
If You Don’t Guard Your Life You Won’t Lead Your Wife!
By Andy Constable Paul writes in Ephesians 5:23-24: “For the husband is the head of the wife even as Christ is the head of the church, his body, and is himself its Saviour.” Paul is very clear here that in the marriage, the husband is to be the head in the relationship. In other words he is to lead…
Christian Men: Where is Your Vision?
By Andy Constable Last week we were thinking about the lack of biblical men in our churches. One of the biggest problems for men is that of apathy and I think much of it is caused by a lack of vision. Many men are being taken in by pornography, television and computer games because they have little vision for the gospel and the church. They have little direction and don’t…
How Fair are School Ranking Tables to Housing Scheme Children?
Our local high school has hit the news in recent weeks, and not for pleasant reasons. According to recently published figures, we have the worst High School in Scotland in terms of educational achievement. Read one news report here. The problem is also discussed in an another article here. The…