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September 18, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

Preaching – a means of blessing the congregation

The other day I was reading an article on ‘The Practice of Preaching and the Spiritual Life of the Preacher’

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September 11, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

True worship comes to a climax around the Lord’s Table

The high-point for Christian worship must surely be the celebration of the Lord’s Supper. Alas, in many evangelical churches committed

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September 4, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

Order and creativity are desirable in worship

In a context where worship at Corinth could be somewhat chaotic Paul commanded that “all things should be done decently

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August 28, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

Pastors are called to be creative liturgists

The writer to the Hebrews describes Jesus as a ‘liturgist’ (leitourgos): as our high priest he is “a minister in

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August 21, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

True worship has God in focus

It is hard for people to see the importance of worship when their experience of worship is generally not glorious.

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August 14, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

The prayer of St Francis in a new context

Just the other day my attention was drawn to one of the prayers of St Francis of Assisi:  May the

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August 7, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

The prayer of Sir Francis Drake comes alive in a new context

As I wrote last week, prayers, like Scripture, come alive in a new context. This was certainly my experience when

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July 31, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

The serenity prayer comes alive in a new context

Prayers, like Scripture, often come alive in a particular context. One such prayer is the so-called serenity prayer written by

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July 24, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

The sins of ministry: Sloth

Of all the seven deadly sins, sloth’ is the most archaic of names. The dictionary defines sloth as ‘laziness, indolence’.

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July 17, 2014 Paul Beasley-Murray

The sins of ministry: Anger

Anger is not necessarily wrong. Righteous anger, directed against some form of evil, may well be Christian love in operation.

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