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 [...]
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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
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Do We Really Need Youth Ministry?
Posted: May 29, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Church Planting, Evangelism, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, Websites, YouthTags: evangelism, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, the gospel coalition, youth ministry, Youth work
Our Children’s & Youth Ministry at Niddrie is currently going through somewhat of an overhaul. Working with teenagers on the scheme is brutal and slow work. The children’s ministries in general have lacked cohesion and so we are working hard at trying to bring everything together towards a united vision and purpose. The whole issue [...]
How Not To Prepare For A Baptism!
Posted: May 27, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Video, Niddrie Community Church, Recommended Resources, Fun stuff, Random StuffTags: Baptism, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor
Thanks to Matt Cottington for sharing this. Highly amusing! watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wFSYeYe2YUw
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.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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.
The Bible in 50 Words!
Posted: May 17, 2012 by mezmcconnell in Fun stuff, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Recommended Resources, VideoTags: Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, The Bible
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 [...]
