As a rule of thumb it takes time to see fruit for our ministry. Indeed, one of the findings of
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.
The antidote to the epidemic of loneliness among older people
On the London underground trains there are posters sponsored by Age Concern which read: “Over 1 million older people haven’t
Continue readingThe challenge of Lamentations
The other Sunday morning I turned up for Breakfast with the Bible and discovered that the passage for the day
Continue readingGod pleads with his people
Breakfast with the Bible 21 August 2016, a sermon on Isaiah 48. Children, it has been said, begin as a
Continue readingWanted: Preachers with burning enthusiasm
The other morning I was reading from Acts 18 and was struck again by Luke’s comment that Apollos “spoke with
Continue readingThe God who Surprises
Breakfast with the Bible 14 August 2016, a sermon on Isaiah 45:1-19. God is about to act The cities of
Continue readingBreakfast with the Bible
On two Sunday mornings this month I am leading ‘Breakfast with the Bible’ at Chelmsford Cathedral’. I confess that I
Continue readingHolidays matter
This week we are going on holiday – all of us: Caroline and myself, Jonathan & Fiona and their three
Continue readingThe spirituality of wine
Years ago, when I was a young minister, I used to write a monthly column for the Family magazine. In
Continue readingThe plural of disciple is church
My attention was recently drawn to a book by Alison Morgan called Following Jesus (Resource, Wells, Somerset 2015) with the
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