Unlike most ministers, when I was ordained on 10 October 1970, I was ordained not as a pastor but as
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How could Europe’s most cultured race allow the Holocaust to take place?
Last January marked the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps. It was but one of the many
Continue readingEvangelical leaders need to welcome and learn from those who are different from them
Although I am an Evangelical, I am dismayed by so many Evangelical leaders in the Baptist denomination as also in
Continue readingContrary to popular thought the church of God is growing
In January I was talking to a fifty-year old man while waiting in our dental surgery. We got round to
Continue readingPaul gives us a model prayer in his Second Letter to the church at Thessalonica
In 2 Thessalonians the Apostle Paul gives a series of prayers and in so doing he gives us a model
Continue readingWorship services need to contain structure with variety
A little while ago a friend wrote to me and said, “How do you cope with the lack of variety
Continue readingA good example of saying goodbye to a minister
Last month Caroline away along with other members of Chelmsford Cathedral, which where since retirement I worship, we said goodbye
Continue readingBooks for Today – January
To Inclusion and Beyond: Evangelical and affirming LGBTQ+ relationships and equal marriage (Staten House, New York 2024. 200pp: £4.99 on
Continue readingO come let us adore him
Today churches up and down the land as also in many other parts of the world will be singing that
Continue readingRejoice in the Lord always
In the blog written for the First Sunday of Advent we looked at the hymn, ‘Joy to the world the
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