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July 6, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

What 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

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June 29, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Ministers 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

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June 22, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Preachers 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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June 15, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Rites of passage for the grieving

Grieving is part of the cost of loving and takes time.  It is generally reckoned that the grieving process can

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June 8, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Jesus wept

Years’ ago we Brits didn’t cry – or at least not in public. However, a survey of some 2000 adults

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June 1, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Every church needs a review

I have just taken part in a formal external review of the mission and ministry of Chelmsford Cathedral – or

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May 25, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Leafleting makes a difference

This week I have spent four hours putting political leaflets through doors.  My children are appalled, for they support another

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May 18, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Retiring retirement

Is retirement a Biblical concept?  No says Rodney Macready, an Australian Baptist, in his book Retiring Retirement (Hendrickson, Peabody Massachusetts,

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May 11, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

My 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.

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May 3, 2017 Paul Beasley-Murray

Jesus 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

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