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Friday 30 August 2013

Church Planting


How do you tell a good church? You tell it by its fruit. So many people get this wrong. They look at the expertise of the praise Band, or the charisma of the lead pastor. They look at the size of the crowd. But the real test is the fruit. What sort of people are produced and replicated by the ministry of this church?

The next question: 'what are the signs of genuine, Christian discipleship?'  Then, 'What indicators are there, that show a person to being true to Jesus?'

Engage in these questions, and then dream, imagine and the design your life and then a church's life to produce this sort of fruitfulness. That's real church planting.

Friday 23 August 2013

Righteousness, Only Righteousness


How should Bible believing Christians, committed to the way of Jesus, respond to the serious ethical challenges facing us today?  In this extended reflection, 'Righteousness, Only Righteousness',  three essential ingredients are proposed for that process.

'Righteousness, Only Righteousness', by Jim Purves, is freely available in the 'Resources' section of the Baptist Union of Scotland's website or alternatively can be obtained, in a Kindle version, from the Amazon online store.