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Holiness & The Church Planter
“For this is the will of God, your sanctification” (1 Thessalonians 4:3). At our “In this City” Conference last night, Tim Chester was looking at the issue of the church planter and purity. Character before gifts is a fundamental premise of all Christian leadership and Crossway have produced a helpful list of e-books on the topic of pursuing holiness. Worth…
Scottish Church Planting Conference: 2-3 November, 2012.
I have been involved with the East Of Edinburgh Gospel Partnership (EoSGP) for some time now. It is a group of churches across the city from different denominations trying to come together to work more closely in partnership in terms of training and resources etc. It has been of benefit to me…
Good News to the Poor: “Sharing the gospel through social involvement”
I recently got hold of a copy of this book by Tim Chester and have just finished it. Firstly, let me start by saying that at 170+ pages long it is a short, sharp read on what can be quite an involved topic. For those of us who have read anything written by Ron Sider, particularly, it is not going…
Steve Timmis on Church Planting
Steve Timmis is coming to Edinburgh next week to do a Gospel Coaching series for a group of pastors and planters in the city. He is coming in his capacity as the new director of A29 Western Europe and I am really looking forward to it. He has got lots of great things to say and to teach us about how to be better planters in whichever context we find ourselves. Take a look…
All the 2012 Bible reading plans you could ever wish for (and then some)!
It’s that time of the year when everybody is posting a whole gamut of Bible reading plans online. I have listed some of my favourite ones below. 1. CrossWay offer a comprehensive list of plans here. They also offer a couple of interesting articles on how to prioritise what books we read.…