In the church calendar December 28 is the Day of the Holy Innocents – the day when children were massacred
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.
The shepherds – a Christmas Day sermon
As turkey and Christmas pudding belong together, so too do the shepherds and the baby Jesus. Christmas without “shepherds abiding
Continue readingHow to create a truly memorable Christmas Eve service
I love Christmas – and all the Christmas services. Yet in the memory all too often one special service merges
Continue reading1 John 2
CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE (2.1-2) 2:1: “If anyone does sin……. Over against ‘the secessionists’ who seem to have claimed not to
Continue readingGod chooses the nobodies of this world
Most mothers are excited when they know a baby is on the way. Mary wouldn’t have been human if she
Continue readingBooks for Today
“Not all readers are leaders”, said Harry Truman, a former US American President, “but all leaders are readers”. What is
Continue readingThere is no ban on women preaching
Earlier this autumn a headline in The Telegraph proclaimed: ‘Bible passage used to stop women become ordained “added later”, academic
Continue reading60 years ago I was baptised
On Sunday morning 17 November 1957, along with eleven others, at the relatively young age of thirteen, I was baptised
Continue readingPruned for growth
We have had a wonderful harvest this autumn. The small vine on the south side of our house produced a
Continue readingCelebrating Martin Luther
2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. For it was on 31st October 1517 that Martin Luther protested against
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