In my diary the fourth Sunday of Lent (this year Sunday 18 March 2012) is marked as ‘Mothering Sunday’. On
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.
Love & Perseverance: True Love Never Gives Up
A sermon on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8a. Available to download as a PDF.
Continue readingEncourage Your Minister
In Double Cream (Monarch 1988), an anthology of Christian witticism collected by Stephen Gaukroger and Nick Mercer, there is a
Continue readingLove & Hurts: True Love Forgives
A sermon on Matthew 6:12,14-15. Available to download as a PDF.
Continue readingHospitality versus Entertaining
In the Pastorals, ‘hospitality’ is a key qualification for pastoral office: Paul tells Timothy (1 Tim 3.2) that a ‘bishop’
Continue readingLove and the Church
A sermon on Ephesians 4:1-3, 15-16. Available to download as a PDF.
Continue readingLet’s Mark Lent
The English word ‘Lent’ means ‘Spring’. But Lent is not primarily a spring festival, but rather a pre-Easter period of
Continue readingAn Inviting Church
This week I came across two American studies on inviting people to church According to the first study: Three out
Continue readingLooking for Love: God Loves You
A sermon on 1 John 4:7-12. Available to download as a PDF.
Continue readingA Welcoming Church
“I was a stranger and you welcomed me” (Matt 25.35). These words of Jesus found in the Parable of the
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