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Church is so much more than a service on the weekend. It's about connecting with other people, growing in your faith, and building a strong foundation for your family, your community and your future.
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
We have just embarked on the church season known as Lent. In some traditions this is a time to exercise the discipline of abstinence – we give some luxury up for Lent. That is a good practice indeed, but in keeping with the teachings of Jesus who supported the restrictive discipline of the law, the ten commandments (decalogue) in particular ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
In our journey with the 40 Acts community we come to a wonderful story of a man in a chariot reading Scripture and wondering about what they meant. In our circles (evangelicals) we have deliberately or subtly assumed custody of the Bible. It is our book, our text, our story. We let others see it but reserve the right to ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
Early Christ followers were said to devote themselves to four activities. The verb means to persistently commit oneself to something. They persisted in the apostles’ teaching, to fellowship, to breaking bread and prayer. Was there a time in our lives when we had a more vibrant version of church? When we were more persistent? Which of the four will need ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
A very angry and principled young man watched a stoning with a sardonic nod of approval. Radicalized in his ideology he was obsessed with eradicating heretical upstarts who opposed the true faith as well as schooling those who compromised the doctrine and practice by less than full and devoted adherence. He viewed himself as doing God’s work. He was organized ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
As our children were growing up and I was involved in pastoral ministry in a few churches over those years it seems we had lots of conversations about “pastors’ kids” and “deacons’ kids” and how that was a recipe for disaster (as our PKs and DKs set out then to prove true!) Our teaching this weekend concerns the very first ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
One of the most important lessons in Kindergarten.. learning to share! And is it not one of the hardest life lessons for all of us to learn at any age? It seems to me that one of the first words our children said was “mine!” And our perfect little angels (when they had us all to themselves and could believe ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
We will follow the chapter topics and content from the highly influential book Knowing God by J.I. Packer in our current teaching series. The book also provides lovely discussion and reflection questions for readers. Packer introduces the book with a very poignant distinction between two perspectives on the matter of the knowledge of God. He provides two self-evident caricatures in ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
C.H. Spurgeon in the 19th Century proposed in a sermon that “the proper study of Christians is the Godhead.” I wonder by which date this comment had already become anachronistic in Western Society and then also by which date it became outdated even among Christians. We find ourselves in a day when this is at best relegated to the Academy ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
What difference would it make to know God well? We’re in the second chapter of Knowing God titled The People who know their God. On this Mother’s Day weekend we’ll turn our attention to a young person who would be the delight of his mother as she, if she got to watch from a nearer distance than this mother did ..read more
Southside Mitlon - Pastor Ian's Blog
2y ago
Good Wednesday Southside This coming Sunday (February 27th) is the date for our Annual General Meeting. We will conduct this meeting via Zoom at noon. If you’d like the link email office@southsidemilton.org If you are a member of Southside it is very important that you attend and assure that we have a quorum to properly conduct the business of the church ..read more