Recently I was struck by one of the Beatitudes in Luke’s version of the Sermon on the Mount. For in
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.
“Blessed are the merciful” (Matthew 5:7)
MATT 5.7: “Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy” (NRSV). Breakfast with the Bible, Chelmsford Cathedral Sunday –
Continue readingWe are pilgrims on a journey
As I wrote in Living out the Call: Book One – Living for God’s Glory, “There is in the Christian
Continue readingBooks for Today – January 2021
Book of the month For 40 + years many preachers have relied upon the commentaries in IVP’s The Bible Speaks
Continue readingHow will churches emerge from COVID-19?
I have just looked at the latest set of church statistics and they make for sobering reading – and they
Continue readingIn spite of Covid-19 even the retired can set goals
The other week I wrote to a friend: “I have been wondering how God would have me serve him in
Continue readingThe epiphany of Grace
Last week we looked at the epiphany of Christ, and the way in which Paul described his appearing in 2
Continue readingThe epiphany of Christ
Epiphany, traditionally January 6th, is the day in the church’s year when the ‘appearance’ of God to the world in
Continue readingChrist gives gifts to his church
CHRIST GIVES GIFTS TO HIS CHURCH: CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL: BREAKFAST WITH THE BIBLE. SUNDAY 13 DECEMBER 2020 (‘THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT’)
Continue readingMy mother has died
On Monday morning 1st December the phone went at 2.30. It was a nurse informing me that my 98-year-old mother
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