Recently I was asked to give a presentation on Romans 6-8 under the title ‘New Life in Jesus’. As I
Continue readingAuthor: 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.
Seven aspects of the ‘new creation’
Years ago one of my boys went on tour of the Middle East with Rick Wakeman, the rock composer and
Continue readingBooks for Today – March 2022
If an Evangelical were to be canonised then it would be John Stott , the pastor-scholar of All Souls, Langham
Continue readingCalled to engage in logical worship
Over the years I have preached a number of times on the opening verses of Romans 12, where after having
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Preaching, said Eugene Peterson, is the “one thing needful” for any pastor: “Lest the ‘one thing’ get buried in the
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In reading Re-Membering the Body: The witness of history, theology, and the arts in honour of Ruth Gouldbourne (Wipf &
Continue readingGod has a greater task for me
I have hanging up in my library an illuminated ‘text’ which reads: GOD HAS A GREATER TASK FOR YOU THAN
Continue readingGod has the last word
Covid has made us all very aware of the limitations of planning. Over the last two years so many things
Continue readingEverybody has a story to tell – but how you tell it makes a difference
“How could you live and have no story to tell?” declared the Russian novelist Fydor Doestevsky. Or in the more
Continue readingBlessing those who do not take the bread
The other Sunday morning the distribution of the bread at Chelmsford Cathedral took a little longer than normal. Pre-pandemic we
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