Grieving is part of the cost of loving and takes time. It is generally reckoned that the grieving process can
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.
Jesus wept
Years’ ago we Brits didn’t cry – or at least not in public. However, a survey of some 2000 adults
Continue readingEvery church needs a review
I have just taken part in a formal external review of the mission and ministry of Chelmsford Cathedral – or
Continue readingLeafleting makes a difference
This week I have spent four hours putting political leaflets through doors. My children are appalled, for they support another
Continue readingPreaching Good News evokes a mixed response
Breakfast with the Bible, Chelmsford Cathedral (21st May 2017). As our passage for this morning – as also the New
Continue readingRetiring retirement
Is retirement a Biblical concept? No says Rodney Macready, an Australian Baptist, in his book Retiring Retirement (Hendrickson, Peabody Massachusetts,
Continue readingBreakfast with the Bible: Acts 12:20-13:12
CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL: 14 MAY 2017 – led by Paul Beasley-Murray 12.20-25: THE DEATH OF HEROD Herod Agrippa I was at
Continue readingMy friend Alan is now free at last
Today I want to honour my friend, Alan Wilkinson, who died just a few days ago on 3 May 2017.
Continue readingJesus calls us to be wise as serpents and innocent as doves
Immediately following the sending out of the Twelve (Matt 10.5-15), Jesus declared: “See, I am sending you out like sheep
Continue readingMy four o’clock moment
Like any other minister, I have read time and again John’s account of the calling of the first two disciples
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