If the local paper is to be believed, most people in Chelmsford do not approve of the Council’s recent decision
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Christian leaders are accountable to Christ alone
One of the oddities of ministerial life is that although as far as the Inland Revenue is concerned we ministers
Continue readingSome day the silver cord will break
The other day when I visited my 92 year-old mother we talked about one of the hymns she would like
Continue readingIt’s God’s church
Next March I will have completed 21 years as the senior minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. Needless to say,
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Preaching about money – and in particular preaching about giving money to the church – is more risky than walking
Continue readingBe Bold, Go Blue
My blog this week takes the form of an appeal for sponsorship which I have out to many of my
Continue readingDeveloping relationships among leaders
This coming weekend I am going away with my fellow leaders. There will be quite a number of us: for
Continue readingFamilies can be a real blessing
“Children are a gift from the Lord”, wrote the Psalmist, “they are a real blessing. The sons a man has
Continue readingBranding a “College of Baptist Ministers”
Organisations – religious and secular – seem to be increasingly in the business of rebranding. Just in the last month
Continue readingCan children worship God?
Many churches assume that children are not really able to worship God. So when we want to involve children in
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