The issue, as per usual, is all over the media once again. Hats off to the homosexual lobby for keeping this issue alive. I read somewhere that there are less homosexuals in our country than evangelicals, but whilst we all waste time fighting about hymn books and the use of drums in worship, they have [...]
Archive for the ‘Apologetics’ Category
What Should Christians Really Think About the Homosexual Marriage Debate?
Posted: May 14, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Audio, Biblical/Pastoral Counselling, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Video, Websites, Women and Wives, YouthTags: Christianity Today, EPM, Homosexuality and the Christian, justin taylor, Kevin De Young, Matt Chnadler, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Randy Alcorn, Stephen Altrogge, The Bible, The Blazing center, the gospel coalition, The White Horse Inn
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Engaging Muslims with the Gospel
Posted: April 27, 2012 by conand17 in Apologetics, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Tarquin Syndrome, WebsitesTags: Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Gospel, apologetics, Andy Constable, Islam, Muslim, J.D. Greear, Breaking the Islam Code, apostate, persecution, contextualisation
By Andy Constable This week I was privileged to attend the Acts29WE conference in London. Mez is going to write a report on what he learned from the main sessions, but I thought I would share one of the seminars that I attended on ‘engaging with Muslims’. It was taken by J.D. Greear who spent [...]
T4G Conference 2012: Relating it to Housing Schemes (1)
Posted: April 23, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, T4G Conference 2012, WebsitesTags: Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, T4G 2012, Thabiti Anyabwile, The gospel
Many of you know that I was present at the T4G conference in Louisville, Kentucky. Those who know me well are aware that I am not the world’s biggest conference fan but, thanks to the generosity of people at 9Marks, I went along. Over the next week or so I want to do a small [...]
Is “Accepting Jesus into Your Heart” Biblical?
Posted: April 14, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, VideoTags: David Platt, evangelism, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Verge
50 Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die!
Posted: April 8, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Easter, Jesus Christ, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Sojourn Network, The Resurrection
I really like the Sojourn Network and this is an apposite post for this time of year. Click here to check it out! Happy Easter!
For & Against Calvinism
Posted: March 24, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Video, WebsitesTags: Calvinism, doctrine, Ed Stetzer, Mez McConnell, Michael Horton, Niddrie Community Church, NiddriePastor, Roger Olson, The Exchange
Ed Stetzer has been researching the (so-called) rise of Calvinism in the USA and has come up with some interesting results, namely that his figures don’t actually bear it out! There is little doubt that there is a rise in the interest in the topic in the blogosphere but that is not translating to widespread [...]
Church Planting Supersite!!
Posted: March 6, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Audio, Book Reviews, Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Fun stuff, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Music, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Uncategorized, Video, Websites, Women and Wives, YouthTags: church planting, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Resources for church planters
I am always on the hunt for good resources when it comes to church planting. The problem we have in the UK is the lack of quality material on the topic, relevant to our context. The problem we have in housing schemes is contextualising material written for a largely middle class demographic. However, if you [...]
Does God really Predestine People to Hell?
Posted: February 17, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Doctrine & Theology, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Calvinism, doctrine, Double Predestination, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Theology
An interesting little clip here concerning this very emotive issue. Stick with it and try to ignore the terrible background music.
Would you fail the gospel quiz?
Posted: January 29, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Evangelism, Fun stuff, Niddrie Community Church, WebsitesTags: Cripplegate, Gospel, Jesse Johnson, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church
Great little article here.
Christopher Hitchens v Douglas Wilson: FIGHT!
Posted: December 17, 2011 by mezmcconnell in Apologetics, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, VideoTags: Christopher Hitchens, Collision of Lives, Does God Exist?, Douglas Wilson, God debate, Is God Dead?, Ligonier Ministries, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Peter Hitchens, Richard dawkins
Entitled, ‘A Collision of Lives’ I have to admit that I found this documentary fascinating, not because of the level of debate (average) but because of the personal, behind the scenes glimpses, of discussion between the two men. There is a lot of ‘to-ing & fro-ing’ in terms of putting forward views, as there should [...]
