Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Florence and I have recently returned from holiday in Illinois. Our first visit to our friend’s church was particularly eventful. Just as the young pastor was about to give the sermon, he collapsed and suffered an epileptic seizure. This turned out to be the first manifestation of a brain tumour. He [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship)

I had a wonderful day on Saturday 8 May at the Scottish Baptist Women’s Fellowship thanksgiving rally in Stirling. I spoke on “Defeating Discouragement” and pointed out that, although we can’t always choose our circumstances, we can choose the way we respond to them. I’d like to share with [...]

Riaz Mohammed, Newton Mearns Baptist Church

Well the UK is in the midst of a crisis. The downturn economically is a major disaster and it will be many ourselves no years before we are out of it. The price will have to be paid. You get nothing for nothing in this life!
Who is to blame for [...]

Luke 22:39-46
“Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives , and his disciples followed him. On reaching the place, he said to them, “Pray that you will not fall into temptation.” He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, “Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; [...]

In the last decade or so, ideas about how people and society work and interact have been treated to a glamorous new outing – THE WEB. It all began in the year 2000, when it was argued that, given the right kind of push, ideas or beliefs can suddenly – even instantly – gain traction [...]

Jim McFarlane (Kirkintilloch) & President of SBLPA

As members of the SBLPA I trust that in the past year, as you were about your Father’s business, God used you mightily as you proclaimed His Word.
As we look back on the year we may well be asking ourselves what went well, what didn’t go quite so well? [...]

Sasha Cheprasov, Member (Wigtown)
My name is Sasha and I am a student in the Scottish Baptist College. Recently I have joined SBLPA and was asked to write something for the website. Here is my little reflection…
Some time ago I heard a sermon about ‘ten bridesmaids’ (Matthew 25:1-13). The preacher spoke about the importance of being [...]

Iain Gillespie, member (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship)
Anyone working in the current business environment will have been facing up to the many challenges created by the ‘credit crunch.’ A considerable amount of energy is expended, and rightly so, in creating new business strategies, developing more appropriate business models and responding to the changing economic climate
Over the past [...]

Jim McFarlane, Active Member, Kirkintilloch
At this time of the year we see plants you thought might not make it through the winter months pushing their way out of the soil, buds are appearing on branches, daffodils, snowdrops and other spring flowers are flowering. Animals are coming out of hibernation back into the land of the [...]

 
First and foremost, a ‘Happy New Year’ to you and your families!
Flying back from the United States of America in September of last year (a three week ‘vacation’ in Boston, New York, New Jersey, Philadelphia and Washington DC is to be recommended!), my wife Adrienne, and I, landed at Reykjavik Airport in Iceland at 5:45am [...]