'Mez McConnell' Tagged Posts (Page 28)

'Mez McConnell' Tagged Posts (Page 28)

Vision Casting v Visionary Leader: FIGHT!!

Vision Casting is a trendy new phrase doing the rounds at the moment, although there are those who would suggest it has been around in various guises for thousands of years. Consider this comment on one blog: Vision casting is Satanic and is a form of sorcery. According to our Lord Jesus in Revelation 22:14,15, these people are not among those whose robes are being washed…

8 Keys to Housing Scheme Gospel Ministry (7)

A Wholistic Approach to Christian Discipleship We would be foolish to think that the many problems of housing schemes could be solved by any one approach, or if we just managed to solve one particular problem. We see the foolishness of this thinking in Niddrie as we observe the many tens of millions spent on building new homes and schools etc and yet many of the deep,…

8 Keys to Housing Scheme Gospel Ministry (6) Church Based Community Development (b)

Mark Dever notes on The Gospel Coalition blog, that: Since the Fall, the trajectory of unredeemed human history—the City of Man—is always in the Bible to judgment (the Flood, Babel, Canaan, Egypt, Jerusalem, Babylon, Rome & then Rev. 19). (Not quite as universal as gravity, but seemingly as…

8 Keys to Housing Scheme Gospel Ministry (6) Church Based Community Development

Part A: Church Based Community Development In his book, Generous Justice, Tim Keller states: “All I know is, if I don’t care about the poor, if my church doesn’t care about the poor, that’s evil.” Jesse Johnson, writing an article for The Cripplegate Blog, has a…