Charles Haddon Spurgeon, the great Victorian ‘prince of preachers’, pastored the same Baptist church for 38 years – and every
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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
Continue readingJesus wept
Years’ ago we Brits didn’t cry – or at least not in public. However, a survey of some 2000 adults
Continue readingEvery church needs a review
I have just taken part in a formal external review of the mission and ministry of Chelmsford Cathedral – or
Continue readingLeafleting makes a difference
This week I have spent four hours putting political leaflets through doors. My children are appalled, for they support another
Continue readingPreaching Good News evokes a mixed response
Breakfast with the Bible, Chelmsford Cathedral (21st May 2017). As our passage for this morning – as also the New
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Is retirement a Biblical concept? No says Rodney Macready, an Australian Baptist, in his book Retiring Retirement (Hendrickson, Peabody Massachusetts,
Continue readingBreakfast with the Bible: Acts 12:20-13:12
CHELMSFORD CATHEDRAL: 14 MAY 2017 – led by Paul Beasley-Murray 12.20-25: THE DEATH OF HEROD Herod Agrippa I was at
Continue readingMy 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.
Continue readingJesus 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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