'Niddrie Pastor' Tagged Posts (Page 37)
Our children will fail: Deal with it.
Great little article here. there is an almost cult like obsession with ‘self-esteem’ in modern society. This is one of the big expressions on the estate. ‘My social worker says I have a low self esteem issue and I need to love myself more’. It drives me potty. The Bible says we do have a self esteem issue. the problem being that we love ourselves…
200 Countries, 200 years, 4 minutes
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The Role of the church in Culture
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How long is your mmmmm…?
Christian ‘mmmm’s’ come in all shapes and sizes. 1. We have the short, sharp ‘mm’. It sounds like a mini grunt but it is really a rapid ‘mm’ sound. It usually comes in during ‘bless them Lord’ or ‘Lord hear our prayers’. 2. We have the longer ‘mmm’. That comes in when we hear of a brother or…
Why people aren’t coming to church (well Niddrie at least)
When I first came to Niddrie 4 years ago several pastors in the area informed me that if they were in charge they would move the Sunday morning service at Niddrie from 11am to the mid afternoon. When I asked them how they had arrive at this ‘scientific’ conclusion they informed me that…
Does God care what we do with our genitals?
Good article from Ed Welsh here on the subject of sexual purity.
Identifying Future Leaders & Preachers
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/24051300] This is interesting. My issue is how we identify not only potential preachers/pastors but ‘full-time workers’ also. For instance, as non egalitarians how do we identify women for the pastoral role in the particular context of a place like Niddrie and then ensure they get good training? At the moment we are trying to build a…
What is a Godly Leader (2)
Aubrey Malphurs, is his book, ‘Planting Growing Churches’ says this: ‘Christian leaders are godly persons (character) who know where they are going (vision) and have followers (influence)’ (p126) Having discussed the importance of character in part 1 I would like to say a few things about ‘vision.’ Vision This is a big thing in Christian circles today.…
Men, Sex & Sexual Sin
Good blog posting here on this topic.
Internet Morality
This is an interesting post on the twisted idea of ‘virtual morality’. Read it here.