'NiddriePastor' Tagged Posts (Page 18)
Joplin Tornado Video
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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]
A New Vision for small groups
This little video has been doing the rounds on the blogosphere and is definitely worth a look, if only to provoke thought and further discussion for whatever your context is. I got it off Paul Rees who is the pastor of Charlotte Chapel, Edinburgh. Check out his blog here. [vimeo http://vimeo.com/22754743]
Attention All Fat Pastors
I love this. Read here.
Why do we need so many books on the gospel?
Very good little article here from Dane Ortlund at Crossway.
Fishers of Men
I hate fishing. Hate is a strong word so let me restate. I absolutely, categorically, fundamentally hate fishing. Don’t get me wrong, I have great admiration for the courage and strength of those who trawl the seas day in and day out so I can have a nice bit of cod on a Friday. I also enjoy watching ‘Trawlermen’ on the Dave channel from time to time and…
The Danger of Perfectionism
I found this little article really helpful in terms of helping me to engage with this issue a little more. Read it here. The danger for me is that I am such a perfectionist and even though I know it is unbiblical to think like this, I get horribly disappointed and frustrated at myself for failures in my life. I do work hard at teaching my team that if we’re not…