In his collection of wide-ranging ordination addresses, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, the last metaphor for ‘priesthood’
Continue readingAuthor: Paul Beasley-Murray
Paul is the chairman of Ministry Today, as also the College of Baptist Ministers, and from 1993 – 2014 was Senior Minister of Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford. He can be contacted at paul@paulbeasleymurray.com.
Called to be Sentinels
Stephen Cottrell in his recent book On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, devotes a good deal of space
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In reading Stephen Cottrell’s challenging book, On Priesthood, I discovered that the subtitle, Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards is
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In this series of reflections based on Stephen Cottrell’s seminal book, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards, this
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Ministers are by definition ‘servants’ – servants of Christ and servants for Christ’s sake of others – for the very
Continue readingBooks for Today – July 2020
My book of the month is Where is God in a Coronavirus World? (The Good Book Company, Epsom 2020. 64pp:
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This is my third reflection on Stephen Cottrell’s thought-provoking book, On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers, Sentinels and Stewards (read the
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THERE IS HOPE! In this period of lockdown I have written a 66,000+ word MS for which I am now
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This is the second of a series of reflections which have been stimulated by my reading Stephen Cottrell’s recently published
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I have just read with great profit On Priesthood: Servants, Shepherds, Messengers and Sentinels (Hodder & Stoughton, London 2020. 177pp:
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