'Niddrie Community Church' Tagged Posts (Page 53)
Young(ish) Reformed & Reckless?
I believe in the inerrancy and all-sufficiency of God’s Holy Word. I believe unflinchingly in the doctrines of grace. I love and cherish the writing of men like John Owen. Lloyd Jones’ book on spiritual depression is a classic that will never go out of fashion. Spurgeon’s sermons are rich with gospel infused doctrinal depth. I believe in the doctrine of…
10 reasons not to join our church!
I lifted this from the resurgence website. Apparently, they got it from Justin Buzzard’s blog here. I have italicised my own comments for Niddrie. Do not come to Niddrie Community Church if: 1. If you’re looking for the next cool thing in town (We want to grow by conversion growth, not church-goer transfer growth). We like our meat ‘fresh’ and we are so…
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (3)
Engaging in Service This is an important aspect of what we try to do here at Niddrie. Many of the care professions in the UK are now recognising (rediscovering) the importance of ‘connecting’ people with community. For example, we work closely with a local charity here that cares for people with mental and/or physical needs. ‘Clients’ who used to…
The Dawkins Letters
Get hold of a few copies and give to your friends (the ones that can read anyway)!
Want to see New Atheists getting spanked?
Dave Robertson is a Free Church Minister in Dundee and holds the distinction of being even ruder than me in public! He’s a great bloke and has written a book called ‘The Dawkins Letters’. It is a brilliant little read and good to hand out to those claiming to be intellectual atheists. He also has a blog that is well worth checking out. It can be found…
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (2)
Promoting Incarnational Ministry I wrote about this earlier in the week so I am not going to repeat myself too much. According to Stetzer: ‘Postmoderns are looking for people who are genuine and transparent. Their questions isn’t, is it true? But, is it real? They want to see Christ through people who’ve earned their respect and trust.’ (p137) Now,…
Thirsting for God!
I am reading a new book – Thirsting for God – by Gary L Thomas. The subtext is ‘Spiritual refreshment for the sacred journey’. It sounds painfully emergent and uber cool and comes with a big fat recommendation from one Mark Driscoll. The problem is that it seems to have elicited a very caustic response from within the ‘conservative…
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (1)
BEING UNASHAMEDLY SPIRITUAL According to Ed Stetzer in ‘Planting Missional Churches‘, people in our postmodern culture are open to all sorts of ‘spirituality’. We certainly see this in Niddrie, particularly in our community cafe. People talk about all sorts of things: horoscopes, Ouija boards, tarot cards, spiritists, mediums (still trying to work…
Watch with Joy!
I came across this via a missionary friend and I found it extremely moving. The part where the tribal pastor receives the Bible for the first time and the power of his prayer to God is very emotional. The simplicity of their faith and the gratitude for the word made me feel a little ashamed of how I take my library of Christian books for granted. [vimeo…
Parenting 101
My Thanks to my mate Steve Utley (my second favourite charismatic after CJ Mahaney – all he needs to do is send me 21 books and he will go back up the pecking order!) for posting this on Facebook. I suppose I better mention Andy Constable for sending me half of it in an email in an attempt to make himself appear more humorous and cutting edge than he really is! As…