'NiddriePastor' Tagged Posts (Page 5)
A Prostitute’s surprise party
I enjoyed this story here from the resurgence site about an unexpected opportunity for reaching out with the gospel.
Incarnational Mission v Divine Incarnation! Fight?
There are lots of ‘cool’ words flying around the Christian world at the moment. (When I say ‘cool’ I mean to me anyway). To others they may be silly or nonsensical but as I have a fascination for language, I find them and their usage deeply intriguing. For instance, we have…
Expositional Evangelism
Worth a read and a ponder here.
Scared of Sin
Good post here from Ed Welch
How to preach the gospel to yourself…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSTc0a_xsCA&feature=player_embedded#at=13] Caveat: It may be confusing as he refers to the fruit of the spirit as the gifts of the spirit, but I think he means that this fruit is a gift per se. Good stuff though in terms of challenging people with the gospel and not with moralism. The key is a change of heart first before a…
Creation Concerns
1. Interesting stuff here from Challies assessing Al Mohler’s presentation of why he is a literal, 6 day creationist. 2. Should Christians embrace evolution? Book review here, again from Challies. 3. Here is John Sailhamer’s position, held by John Piper amongst others. Have fun!
Why Christians need to read
Further to some earlier videos I posted on this issue, I have been interested to note wide ranging discussion on this topic across a range of blogs. John Brand offers some good insights here on his site and offer further links to the topic. One of the questions is what should Christians be reading, given that there is so much rubbish out there in the market place. See…
Stranger on the Road
I came across this book about 10 years ago when I worked in an inner city church in Birmingham. It takes its title from the encounter Jesus had with 2 disciples on the way to Emmaus in Luke 24. In v27 we read that, ‘beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He (Jesus) expounded to them all the scriptures the things concerning himself.’ Taking this premise the…
Can we really judge if a person is truly saved?
Interesting little discussion here on this.
Culturally Relevant Evangelism
A church you know is putting on an event with classical music, poetry recitals and then offering cheese and wine (non alcoholic of course!) afterward as a way to reach unbelievers? What is our reaction to this? Another church, in an attempt to attract unbelievers, puts on a karaoke style event with a chip supper? What is our reaction to this? The temptation, depending on…