'Niddrie Community Church' Tagged Posts (Page 51)
Planting New Churches
NCC is going through the process of independence from the ‘mother ship’ and, all things being well, we should have full autonomy by January 2012. This is my fourth year at Niddrie and I am already thinking about what the future holds for us here as a congregation. Stetzer says: ‘I’m disappointed when gifted church planters have not, after three…
Know your limits stupid!
I read an interesting article in Themelios. You can access it here. The article you are looking for is pages 4-6 and is written by Carl Trueman, entitled, ‘Know Your Limits: The Key Secrets Of Theological Controversy.’ He makes some interesting points, particularly concerning those of us who waste many hours dealing with theological ‘controversies’…
Love Your Pastor Peeps!!
Interesting article from a USA perspective. I wonder what the statistics would be in the UK? I know there is a chronic shortage of pastors in our country. Less and less men seem to be taking up the ministry. I imagine in church planting circles the rates of attrition are higher still.…
Community Service?
This term has become synonymous (in more progressive church circles at least) with the term ‘missional living’. In Niddrie, Community Service is something imposed upon you by the courts in the place of a prison sentence. When I was sentenced to community service back in the late 80’s (for burglary) I had to spend 40 hours of my life cleaning toilets,…
The Reformed Pastor (1)
I am rereading this old Christian classic and I have to say it is immensely challenging and extremely applicable for and any all serious minded followers of Jesus Christ. You may wonder why a book of this title has anything to do with church planting in an inner city housing scheme but I can assure you that it is a treasure trove for those ‘who have ears to hear and…
Niddrie Bike Project
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Are you wasting your life?
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/20106948] Enough said.
Tears From The Saints
Watch this moving film. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTVpyUOR_fI&feature=player_embedded#at=20]
I pay my taxes!
I remember preaching in a church once on Micah 6v8: ‘He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.’ (NIV) Amongst other things I was talking about the connection between a life of love for God and acts of mercy toward the poor. Straight after the service a…
The Valley of Vision
This is a beautiful little book of edited Puritan prayers and devotions. Consider this: ‘Destroy in me every lofty thought, Break pride to pieces and scatter it to the winds, Annihilate each clinging shred of self-righteousness Implant in me true lowliness of spirit, Abase in me to self-loathing and self-abhorrence, Open in me a fount of penitential tears, Break me,…