'Niddrie Community Church' Tagged Posts (Page 48)

'Niddrie Community Church' Tagged Posts (Page 48)

A Critique of Radical!

As with all books there are fans and detractors. I am reserving judgement until I have read the whole thing but I have to say, being a fan of polemics, that I am mightily impressed with the first few chapters. Given all the wishy-washy lovey dovey rubbish being spouted these days by so-called evangelicals, it is nice to read guy unashamed by the hard truths of the gospel.…

Why sissies make bad Pastors

I found this article and was amused by it. check out the blog it came from here. I will make my comments in brackets. If you enter pastoral ministry… 10. Not everyone will like you. (This is an absolute given. Do not enter the ministry if you want everybody to be your ‘friend’, ‘respect your opinion’, ‘agree with you’ and…

The Importance of a Good Wife

A fourth threat to undermine a man’s ministry is a nonsupportive wife. It could also extend to the children, but particularly a nonsupportive wife, one who nags and battles a pastor as he tries to be faithful and loyal to the Lord and the church. If she is negative on the church or the people in it, or if she is spiritually out of sorts or materialistic and self-indulgent…

The Homosexual Issue @ NCC

Hmmm….I have thought long and hard before posting on this topic. Not out of a fear of putting forward my position but because it is such a hot topic that it is almost being done to death in Christian circles. Please refer to the various posts here for a multi-faceted view on the debate. This issue has raised its head in a number of ways at NCC over the last couple…

Russell Brand may not be total div after all

Watch this interview and listen carefully to his explanation of fame and how people are searching for some kind of meaningful overarching narrative in life. Complete tosh to most of my lot in Niddrie but still a very insightful look at fame and how it relates to religion in our society. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-NCDovAWB8]