'Mez McConnell' Tagged Posts (Page 12)
Planting Churches In Hard Places: But What About Your Children? (1)
I sometimes meet with and speak to young men who say that they are interested in planting churches in housing schemes. One issue in particular seems to hinder them, especially if they’re from an educated, middle class background. It’s the problem of children. They are either worried…
Ken Ham v Hugh Ross
I found this online recently. The rationale behind some of the apologetic approaches is fascinating from a natural scientific perspective. Tellingly, Ham was consistently bringing things back to Scripture as our starting point for dealing with people.See what you think. watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zgueGotRqbM#!
The Church (The Gospel Made Visible)
So, I am just back from my summer holidays and I had a bit of a 9marks love fest when it came to holiday reading. I have just picked this one off the top of my pile and I shall be reviewing each book, in no particular order, over the coming weeks. For the uninitiated to this site, this is how I review books at Niddrie Pastor. 1. Content. Is it biblical? 2. Application. Is…
You Can Make A Pretty Girl Spiritual But You Can’t Make A Spiritual Girl Pretty!
Or so goes the (somewhat daft) saying! I don’t publish too much on the issue of singleness and dating on this blog. It’s not that I have nothing to say but it is just such an emotive subject that pretty much every ‘single’ person I know will be assuming I am talking about…
The Gospel is More Than a Story
“Christian faith is not primarily about arguing over right beliefs and doctrines, it is about letting the story of God’s grace become our story and shape our lives.” I am sure many of us (who read at least) have heard/read some version of that in recent years. “Storying” is very much in vogue in Evangelical circles right now. There is an…
What is your level of contentment?
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Jesus Never Existed…Well, OK Then, Maybe He Did!
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Center (Centre) Church…Coming Soon
There’s a great new resource coming out from Tim Keller on doing and being church in the Twenty First Century. The book, entitled, “Center Church” will be out later in the year but, for now here is a little promo video (look out for Niddrie!). click on the link here.
Baptism v Paedobaptism: FIGHT!
Here’s a bit of a meaty discussion from Themelios. The article linked here is a Paedobaptist response to a Baptistic argument. I am sure you can follow the links to all sides! Enjoy. Read it here.
Did You Know?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TKbIidbyhk] “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) “The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.” (Isaiah 40:8) “I the Lord do not change.” (Malachi 3:6a)