One of the trips Caroline and I took when we visited Alaska recently was to visit the old gold-rush town
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.
Good News for the poor
A few weeks ago I was leading a Bible study group on Jesus’ mission statement – often termed the ‘Nazareth
Continue readingTwo parables encouraging us to pray (Luke 11.5-8 and 18.1-8)
Breakfast with the Bible, Chelmsford Cathedral (30th July 2017). Before we look at these two parables, we need to listen
Continue readingHas a Christian ‘Grace’ a place in today’s world?
A little while ago I was at a function where I was asked to say a ‘secular’ grace. I refused
Continue readingThe challenge to do (Luke 10.25-37)
Breakfast with the Bible, Chelmsford Cathedral (23rd July 2017). 1. SAMARITANS BE DAMNED! ‘Samaritans be damned!’ summed up the attitude
Continue readingThank God for colleagues
Ministry can be a lonely business. Just check Google and you will see a host of entries featuring the loneliness
Continue readingMastering emails
Can there be life without emails? It is almost impossible to life without them. Yet, of course, emails are a
Continue readingWhat is the best English version of the Bible?
In my recent survey of Bible reading habits of Baptist ministers, the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible was
Continue readingMinisters need a system to read the Bible
Earlier this year I sent out a survey to ministers serving churches belonging to the Baptist Union of Great Britain
Continue readingPreachers need to read – only so can ministry be sustained
Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great Victorian ‘prince of preachers’, pastored the same Baptist church for 38 years – and every
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