Category: Church Matters

2017 is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation.  For it was on 31st October 1517 that Martin Luther protested against

November is a month for remembering. November 1st is All Saints Day, when many remember past friends and loved ones.

There is never a week when I do not get a response to my blog.  So following my recent blog,

Every church has its odd-balls. I certainly have had my fair share of people who for one reason or another

To my amazement this autumn I find myself hosting and leading a fellowship group. Although in my role as a

“All true Christian preaching is expository preaching”, declared John Stott, and in my judgement rightly so. And yet there is

The church, wrote Joel Gregory, a former pastor of First Baptist Church, Dallas, Texas, “is an institution divine in its

Reading through the Letter of James, I came to the passage where James denounces “selfish ambition” (James 3.14, 16 NRSV). 

Some 24 years ago Ministry Today UK (then called the Richard Baxter Institute for Ministry) saw the light of day

50 years ago on Saturday 26 August 1967 Caroline and I were married in Wrexham, North Wales. Caroline always likes