A good little post here from my pals at the Sojourn Network.
Archive for the ‘Discipleship’ Category
Four Reminders For Church Planters & Pastors
Posted: May 31, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: church planters, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Pastors, Sojourn
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Help! I Want to Plant a Church But My Wife’s Not So Keen!
Posted: May 30, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, Women and WivesTags: church planter's wives, church planters, church planting, Domestic Kingdom, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, The church planting spouse
This has become something of an ‘issue’ for many men I have known in the last 5 years. I don’t know if it is because we work in a housing scheme or if the problem is more widespread. In my 13 years in the ministry I can say without doubt that one of the biggest [...]
Don Carson on Pursuing Holiness & Fighting Pornography
Posted: May 26, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Discipleship, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Video, WebsitesTags: Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Holiness, pornography, Don Carson, Desiring God, sanctification
There is a great three minute interview here with Don on the issue of holiness and pornography.
The Christian & The War on Drugs (1)
Posted: May 24, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Working With AddictionTags: Drug addiction, Heroin, Inner city problems, methadone, Mez McConnell, niddrie, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Valium
I live in a scheme which is blighted by drugs. Children as young as 7 and 8 years old are smoking Cannabis regularly (I smoked my first joint at 12). Heroin is as easy to get as a pint of milk from the local store. Crack, Coke, E’s, LSD, you name it and it can [...]
10 Tips for New Church Planters
Posted: May 23, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: church planting, leadership, Leadership training, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor
1. Make sure that your personal walk with Jesus is firing on all cylinders. Take the time each day to be with God in His Word, meditate on what the Spirit is saying to you and pray that He would fill you and keep you in step with His will for your life. 2. Remember [...]
How can Christians be so dumb when it comes to believing that the Bible is 100% true?
Posted: May 22, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Audio, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Video, WebsitesTags: apologetics, Darrell Bock, Ehrman Project, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Scholarship
There is a great website called www.ehrmanproject.com which seeks to delve into some of these questions and more. Warning! Serious Scholarly Material Included.
Is There an Office for Pastors’ Wives?
Posted: May 19, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Discipleship, Leadership/Ministry Training, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, Women and WivesTags: 9marks, Johnathan Leeman, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, pastor's wives
A really good article from Johnathan Leeman at 9marks. check it out here.
But Doctrine is Just Soooo Boring!! Isn’t it?
Posted: May 18, 2012 by conand17 in Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Random Stuff, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, Bible, doctrine, Emotion, John Piper, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Paul, Tim Keller, Truth, Worship
By Andy Constable One of the words that is dirty among the newer generation of Christians is the word ‘doctrine’. Christians of my generation think that doctrine hinders our ‘worship’ of God rather than helps. Doctrine is something that we don’t have to think about because worship is more about our experience of God with [...]
Discipleship: What Does it Really Look LIke?
Posted: May 16, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Discipleship, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: discipleship, Gospel Centred Disciplsehip, Jesus Christ, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Tim Keller
Thomas Chalmers, the well-known Scottish preacher, in his famous sermon, “The Expulsive Power of a New Affection,” says it all: “Seldom do any of our habits or flaws disappear by a process of extinction through reasoning or “by the mere force of mental determination.” Reason and willpower are not enough. “But what cannot be destroyed [...]
