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Archive for the ‘Doctrine & Theology’ 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 [...]
Why The Trinity Matters!
Posted: May 25, 2012 by conand17 in Biblical/Pastoral Counselling, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, Cross, Doctrine & theology, Ed Sanders, housing schemes, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Titus, Trinity
By Andy Constable Last week we were at a conference for gospel centred churches who are working in housing scheme/housing estate ministry. The conference was focused on the book of Titus and the main speakers did a great job at expounding it for the context of estate ministries. One of the things that struck me [...]
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.
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 [...]
Am I Really a Church Planter?
Posted: May 15, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Recommended Resources, WebsitesTags: Acts29WE, church planting, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Scott Thomas, spiritual gifts, Training
Because church planting seems to be “in” at the moment, there seems to be an endless supply of young men (and old) putting themselves forward as “planters”. Interestingly, very few feel “called” to housing schemes/council estates (although a few of us in the UK are seeing a slow but steady turn around in this). Perhaps [...]
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
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 [...]
Reaching The Unreached 2012: Getting Started & Keeping Going!
Posted: May 13, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Preaching, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, VideoTags: Council estates, housing schemes, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Reaching The Unreached
This is a conference for those working in inner city areas, council estates and housing schemes. Check out their website here. This is a preview of their conference this week where I will be speaking twice. Please pray for it and for the many faithful pastors, evangelists and gospel workers in the UK.
