Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

London Institute for Contemporary understanding the culture has a whole set of articles. The following is a quotation from the first essay of a series looking at the subject ‘understanding the Bible’:
“As whole-life disciples, we seek to engage with the culture of our society and the people among whom we live and work. For this, our [...]

Just to bring to your attention one or two events taking place at ICC, Glasgow. One Generation from Extinction tour will be coming to International College on Tuesday 16th March.  These sessions are for children’s workers, those in parachurch organisations working with children, church leaders and anyone serious about seeing the church grow and the [...]

In following link from Evangelical Alliance you will see some clips from Vaughan Roberts and David Jackman who speak about the importance of engaging with the Bible. One of the key things being the preacher’s personal bible study and the need to hear from God.

Following on from the post on 15th January (last Friday), there is more information about BibleFresh on the Evangelical Alliances Slipstream for young leader leaders website. They provide a page which gives idea for leaders as they see to encourage their congregation to engage with the Bible. See also the Bible Fresh Leaders Guide.

The anniversary of Darwin has brought a lot of thought on the subject matter of Science. I am delighted that Andrew Wright (Dedridge has agreed to write about the subject matter of ‘The interface of Science and Theology’.
As one of the ‘newest boys on the block’ I was surprised to be asked to contribute something [...]

The anniversary of Darwin has brought a lot of thought on the subject matter of Science over this past year.  In September Jim Brooks wrote on the theme: Darwin Celebrations

One of the advective used to describe our association is ‘Baptist’ but it not only that it is describes the beliefs that we profess. Came accross the following two articles from Jim Gordon, Principal of the Scottish Baptist College which we trust you will find helpful:
What Baptist Stands for: Christ-Centred Faithfulness
Baptist Shaped Community what it [...]

Please note both the date and theme has been changed. It is now taking place on Thursday, December 3rd, at 7.30pm, in Central Baptist Church, Paisley. The subject is ‘Preaching as Holy and Rough Performance’ by Rev Dr Stuart Blythe, Lecturer at the Scottish Baptist Theological College.

Happy 200th birthday to Charles Darwin born in 1809! On the Origin of Species, the book that set out his theory of evolution, will see its 150th anniversary in November 2009.
Imagine a world without Darwin. Imagine a world in which Charles Darwin and others had not transformed our understanding of living things. What do we [...]

For many there has been great blessing and thankfulness for our recent celebration of Easter and also to be able to look forward to and prepare for Pentecost. However, for some there appears to be separation of these two fundamental Christian experiences into different tracks and for others total separation. Some individuals and churches are [...]