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Author: Paul Beasley-Murray

Paul is the chairman of Ministry Today, as also the College of Baptist Ministers, and from 1993 – 2014 was Senior Minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. He can be contacted at paul@paulbeasleymurray.com.
December 18, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Father Joseph

In Matthew’s account of the birth of Jesus, Joseph is the focus of attention and rightly so. For in many

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December 11, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

The Prince of Peace

The Old Testament prophet, Isaiah, had a vision of the coming of a Prince of Peace. He wrote: A child

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December 4, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Mary’s Song – the Magnificat

Every young mother thinks her child is special. There is no other child as beautiful or as clever as her

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November 27, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Do not bring us to the time of trial, but rescue us from the evil one

The traditional form of the final petition in the Lord’s Prayer begins with the words “Lead us not into temptation”.

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November 6, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Books for Today – November 2025

Rhythms of Faith: A devotional Pilgrimage Through The Church Year (Rider Books which is part of Penguin Random House, London

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October 16, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Our Father

This week I am beginning a new series of blogs on the Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6.9-13; Luke 11.2-4).  Jesus taught

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October 9, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Celebrating 55 years of ministry

For many years I believed that God was calling me to serve him as a minister of his church. Eventually

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October 2, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Leadership is always servant leadership

On a number of occasions Jesus emphasised the necessity of the servant role if a person would be a leader.

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September 25, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Let’s pray for others

Many churches have given up on praying for others. As a minister of a large charismatic church once said to

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September 18, 2025 Paul Beasley-Murray

Books for Today – September 2025

I began to read In My Time of Dying: How I came face-to-face with the idea of an afterlife (Simon

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