Jesus follower, husband to Alex, father to 4 girls, former lawyer now Pastor @BECEdinburgh, @ETS_Edinburgh & @cornhillscot graduate and @AirdrieoniansFC fan
As Taylor Swift sang to thousands in our City over the weekend, I loved gathering with our church family on Sunday and remembering that the local church is the greatest show in town.
There IS a lamb that unites. @glenscrivener
One generation commends your works to another...
Our local churches are wonderfully made up of people from different generations. How can we harness the potential that a truly intergenerational church presents?
@gshanks111 shares his experience of working through such a question at @BECEdinburgh ⬇️
https://t.co/2fD4muadiK
We're currently working our way through the 'Sermon the Mount' at @BECEdinburgh.
We hit marriage & divorce this morning.
I was wonderfully reminded that God so often does the deepest work in our hearts when we go towards the hardest parts of His Word.
https://t.co/Gh5rj9BfEc
RANDOM AIRDRIEONIAN - #102
Mark Cowan 1969-1979 A: 368 G: 16
The first* Airdrie player to have his own designated fan club, Mark won the 1974 Second Division, the 76 Spring Cup and reached the 72 Texaco Cup and ‘75 Scottish Cup finals plus other League and Scottish Cup semis.
"We’re conditioned to think that if something is uncomfortable then we must be doing something wrong."🤔
✍️Graeme Shanks on the Biblical case for embracing the uncomfortable: https://t.co/55HTPgDgE4
"We’re a lot more predictable than we care to think. We simply love feeling that we are in control of our lives."💪
✍️Graeme Shanks on how to navigate society's obsession with control: https://t.co/r8kAMy8Zg0
💭 "I can subtly begin to believe that life is to be found in the excitement. But that’s a particularly modern-day-sounding idol that for years - truth be told - remained unnamed and untamed in my heart."
⬇️ @gshanks111 shares the first piece in his new series 'Subtle Idols': https://t.co/vqemC3kGR8
‘Fellowship may be the often forgotten middle child of the spiritual disciplines, but she may save your life in the dark night of your soul.'
- David Mathis
@desiringGod
‘In that approach, the apologist highlights that whatever a particular non-Christian’s reasons for rejecting the gospel, that non-Christian would find his own objections unpersuasive if he were born in a different culture or time.’
‘Second, in response, the church must create places where non-Christians can experience Christianity more holistically and thickly than now happens in mainstream culture.’