This week I want to look at one of the earliest Christian creeds or confessions of faith. It appears in
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.
We are on a journey
Caroline and I have just been on a week’s river cruise. We got on our board at Rüdesheim where the
Continue readingCommending the dying to God’s love and mercy
Last week I wrote of how my final prayer before I turn to sleep is a prayer in which I
Continue readingA night prayer
I am a lark, and not an owl. I am often up-by five thirty in the morning, listening to news
Continue readingBooks for Today – September 2023
Finding the Treasure: Good News from Estates (SPCK, London 2023. 109pp: £12.99) edited by Al Barrett, contains reflection from the
Continue readingPower for God’s sake
This weekend my attention was drawn to an obituary in The Daily Telegraph of Brandon Jackson, a strong-minded Evangelical cleric
Continue readingDoes Christian compassion ever justify euthanasia?
The other day I went with friends to see a showing of Allelujah, a film based on the 2018 Alan
Continue readingSleep is a blessing
One of the most common reasons for people to see their doctor is that they feel ‘tired all the time’
Continue readingGive thanks in all circumstances
“Give thanks in all circumstances” (1 Thess 5.18), wrote Paul to the young church in Thessalonica. For them that was
Continue readingJudas Iscariot was not the only villain
This past summer term I led a Sunday morning session on Mark’s account of Judas Iscariot, the disciple who betrayed
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