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Category Archives: ecclesiology
DEVELOP THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO GIFTS
We have seen in the last couple of posts Paul lay down some foundational attitudes that we need individually and collectively to develop, the right attitude to ourselves, the right attitude to others. Now in verse 6-8 the focus is … Continue reading
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Tagged christmata, clericalism, ministry, romans 12, spiritual gifts
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THE RIGHT ATTITUDE TO OTHERS
In the previous blog we started looking at what Romans 12 has to tell us about developing a healthy body, that is a healthy expression of the Body of Christ. We saw that Paul encouraged us first of all to … Continue reading
BODY BUILDING: for the Body of Christ
Gymnasiums are packed with people exercising, sales of organic food and sugar free drinks are going through the roof, all because people want to have as healthy a body as possible. That should be our aim when it comes to … Continue reading
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Tagged faith, Life, Roman 12, Self esteem
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CHURCH = A COMMUNITY OF CONCERN & CARE
I’m immersed in Romans 12 thinking about what it means to be the church. What struck me forcefully this morning was the thought that for Paul authentic Christian community will always be characterised by a genuine concern and practical care … Continue reading
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Tagged christian response to homelessness, community, poor, refuggees, romans 12
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VITALITY IN MINISTRY: Wesley Meets Breen!
I am currently doing some work for a seminar for new ministers and so I have been thinking about avoiding burnout in ministry. I have come to the conclusion that perhaps the most effective way to avoid burn out in … Continue reading
Missional Church: Picture It Like This
My attempt to express my current thinking on church visually. A couple of points God’s people exist now as BOTH Called & Sent people which involves Gathering with Jesus for teaching, worship, fellowship etc AND Going with Jesus in mission … Continue reading
The MEANING of MISSIONAL, Is it about style or substance?
I was at a pretty inspirational day long meeting with some other Nazarene pastors thinking about our church, church planting and mission. Two leaders of church planting movements in Scotland told us their stories, which were great to hear. I … Continue reading
Mosaic Edinburgh’s Single Biggest Challenge
OUR SINGLE BIGGEST CHALLENGE I am more excited about the future of Mosaic Edinburgh than I have ever been and more intimidated by the future of Mosaic Edinburgh than I have ever been. My mind at the moment is full … Continue reading
MISSIONAL COMMUNITIES
Its looks like the best way for Mosaic Edinburgh to develop is to create what have been called “Missional Communities.” Many of you are already familiar with them and their general principles but what I wanted to do was to … Continue reading
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Tagged clusters, missional, missional communities, Mosaic Edinburgh
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Not “NOT YET CHRISTIAN” but ‘NO MORE CHRISTIAN” … SCOTLAND & SIMPLISTIC MISSION
In 1910 here in Edinburgh there was the biggest ever gathering, up to that point in history, of protestant missionaries to think about the future of world mission. The so called Edinburgh Missionary Conference happened just before the bloodbath of … Continue reading
Abraham's Footsteps 