'Niddrie Pastor' Tagged Posts (Page 38)
The ESV v The NIV: FIGHT!!
When I was in Chicago recently for the Gospel Coalition conference there was a huge banner hanging in the hall advertising the ESV as a version you could trust because ‘men you trust’ believe in it. Then there was a picture of John Piper and several others. One, my friend informed me, was Kevin DeYoung and the other a guy called Matt Chandler (who I’d…
Mentoring Your Staff
http://www.thegospelcoalition.org/resources/video/How-does-a-pastor-mentor-his-staff Check out this video.
10 Stupid Things That Keep Churches from Growing
Interesting interview here from a planter with over 30 years experience.
Can I Pastor when my wife & I disagree on our roles?
I thought this was a thought provoking little read from Russell D Moore. See article here.
Pray for Matt Hill
Our thoughts and prayers are with Capitol Hill Baptist Church. See here for further details.
John Piper & Rick Warren
Please take the time to look at this interview between Piper and Warren. In it Piper challenges Warren about his doctrine and his teaching and a whole list of important questions. Check it out here.
Church Planting Movements
Check out this interesting (and free) online booklet from www.imb.org/CPM. Of particular interest are the 10 universal elements that you would expect to find in any developing church planting movement. I may blog on each of them more in-depth.
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,…
Niddrie Bike Project
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Tears From The Saints
Watch this moving film. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTVpyUOR_fI&feature=player_embedded#at=20]