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 [...]
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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
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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 [...]
Building a Gospel Centred Community
Posted: May 11, 2012 by conand17 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Evangelism, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Prayer, Preaching, Random Stuff, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, community, Eugene Peterson, evangelism, fellowship, Gospel, Mez McConnell, preaching, Tim Keller
by Andy Constable I am very privileged to work in an environment that is gospel focused. I came onto the Niddrie team 2 years ago and one of the reasons for doing so was because Mez’s vision was and is to bring the gospel to bear in his life, the life of the church and [...]
Five Tips on How to Survive Long Term in Housing Schemes
Posted: May 4, 2012 by conand17 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Random Stuff, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, leadership, Mez McConnell, ministry, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, survive
By Andy Constable It can be tough working and living in a scheme at the same time. There are the ‘normal’ ministerial pressures like preparing sermons, counselling and driving the vision of the church forward. And then there are the added stresses like reaching out to the people on the scheme and discipling new converts [...]
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 [...]
What’s the point of meeting on a Sunday?
Posted: April 20, 2012 by conand17 in Doctrine & Theology, Leadership/Ministry Training, Music, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, Don Carson, edification, instruction, John Calvin, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, NiddriePastor, Sbbath, Sunday, Tim Keller, Worship
By Andy Constable A couple of weeks ago, I blogged that worship isn’t simply a Sunday activity while we sing songs but involves our heart attitude in all of life (see: http://niddriepastor.com/2012/04/06/dont-just-sing-about-it-start-worshipping-god-today-everyday/) The question that necessarily flows from this conclusion is – what is the point of meeting on a Sunday? If worship is an [...]
Don’t Just Sing About It! Start Worshipping God Today & Everyday!
Posted: April 6, 2012 by conand17 in Niddrie Community Church, Tarquin Syndrome, Music, Doctrine & Theology, Random Stuff, DiscipleshipTags: Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, NiddriePastor, Worship, Paul Tripp, Andy Constable, Music, Harold Best
By Andy Constable Recently, I have been doing a series in the evenings on the subject of Biblical Worship. It is an important subject to think about in a culture where worship is simply seen as what we sing on a Sunday and/or, perhaps, connected with having an emotional experience. Because of the many nuances [...]
Why the Right Wife is Important for Housing Scheme Ministry
Posted: March 30, 2012 by conand17 in Discipleship, Tarquin Syndrome, Women and WivesTags: Andy Constable, discipleship, fear the Lord, love schemes, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, Wife
By Andy Constable The most important decision for any man who wants to work in schemes, after professing Christ, is choosing a suitable wife (if you plan to get married). This ministry is tough and tiring and if your wife isn’t on board and supportive then you will flag very quickly. The last thing a [...]
How To Keep Going when People Screw Us & We Want To Give Up!
Posted: March 23, 2012 by conand17 in Biblical/Pastoral Counselling, Discipleship, Leadership/Ministry Training, Missional Living, Niddrie Community Church, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Andy Constable, discipleship, God's soveriengty, Gospel, idol, Mez McConnell, missional living, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, parable of the sower, Rest
By Andy Constable The last couple of weeks have been particularly tough and tiring in Niddrie. One of our “pre-interns” who was getting his life together in Christ made a very unwise decision to leave the structure of our tailored discipleship programme/life to go back to his home town. The decision was not prayerfully considered, [...]
Reaching Out to the Heartbreak Hotel!!
Posted: March 16, 2012 by conand17 in Church Planting, Discipleship, Doctrine & Theology, Missional Living, Tarquin SyndromeTags: Gospel, Greendykes, Heartbreak Hotel, Kenny Macaskill, Mez McConnell, Niddrie Community Church, Niddrie Pastor, souls
By Andy Constable Last week I was able to have a meeting with Kenny Macaskill who is the MSP for Eastern Edinburgh. We were meeting to discuss the possibility of opening a drop in centre up at Greendykes flats. As a church we are desperate to start a ministry up there because the area is [...]
