by Paul Beasley-Murray | Oct 11, 2016 | Opinion
How do we build relationships with people of other faiths? The city of Chelmsford, England, in which I live is overwhelmingly white and overwhelmingly nominal Christian. There is, however, a small but growing Muslim community. As a result, we have two mosques –...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Sep 13, 2016 | Opinion
The first chapter of Lamentations was the passage of the day during a recent Sunday morning “Breakfast with the Bible” session at our church. What a challenge for the visiting speaker who had accepted the invitation to speak and only then discovered what...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Aug 22, 2016 | Opinion
Should we stop using the term “disciple”? My attention was recently drawn to a book by Alison Morgan called “Following Jesus” with the interesting subtitle, “The Plural of Disciple is Church.” Morgan emphasizes the importance of...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Jun 6, 2016 | Opinion
Recently, I read a local church notice board with a mixture of amusement and sadness. At the top of the notice board was its headline: “Presenting the unchanging Gospel of Jesus Christ in a relevant way to a changing world.” This was followed by a list of...
by Paul Beasley-Murray | Apr 27, 2016 | Opinion
Scripture should be central in worship, and Anglican services do precisely that. So says David Kennedy in his book, “Understanding Anglican Worship.” In support of this contention, he quoted John Wesley, “I believe there is no liturgy in the world,...
