I have just read with great profit On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers and Sentinels (Hodder & Stoughton, London 2020. 177pp:
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.
All our heroes have feet of clay
The older I get, the more difficult I find it not to be cynical about other people. I would imagine
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time to increase the ‘R’ number
Every day Caroline and I watch the daily government briefing on the pandemic, and every day mention is made of
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time for extroverts to work their shadow side
“There’s never been a better time to be an introvert”, wrote Marie Le Conte, a free-lance journalist based in London.
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time to sit light to our diaries
I’m a great believer in planning. Indeed, there is Biblical precedent for planning. According to the Book of Proverbs, it
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time for remembering loved ones
One of the most difficult of consequences arising from the coronavirus pandemic is that funerals have had to change. To
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Book of the month The New Testament in Its World: An introduction to the history, literature, and theology of the
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time for ‘irregular’ communion
The UK is in lockdown and has been since mid-March to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Churches remain shut.
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time for using the phone
I would love to do a survey of ministers in the UK to find out how they are using their
Continue readingThe Coronavirus Pandemic – a time for deep loneliness
“Life” said Woody Allen, “is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon!” Although
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