'NiddriePastor' Tagged Posts (Page 21)
All I have is Christ
Great little animation courtesy of ‘Worship Matters’. The link to them can be found on the right. [vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/23227194]
I Don’t believe that MY God would……
This is a thoughtful little clip which should give us all pause for thought. I sat in a room this week and the conversation moved to ‘women pastors’ ‘homosexuals; ‘hell’ ‘the truthfulness of the Bible’. Nearly every person involved used the phrase ‘I…
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (9)
Leading Teams Teams are important for planting churches. The lone ranger approach just doesn’t cut it, particularly in council housing estates. Often, men ask me for my opinion on planting churches and one of the first questions I ask is this: ‘What is your main spiritual gifting?’ Almost 100% of the time the answer is Bible teacher, or preacher. Great gifts but wrong…
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (5)
Preaching narrative Expository Messages There is an increasing argument (in some circles) that the so-called ‘moderns’ of the last century responded well to more ‘concrete’ biblical messages (on passages like the Epistles, for instance). Whereas, the postmodern mindset responds far better to the story telling approach to biblical preaching. Certainly, when we look at the…
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,…
Shallow Small Groups!!
I love this and I want one in Niddrie (I may even have one!) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMyTMTmJU6E&feature=player_embedded#at=58]