Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

New Year Message from the President Hi there, I hope you all had a merry Christmas as you celebrated and remembered the birth of our Saviour, our Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ. I trust too, you have had a good year. A year that is about to finish, 2010. Where does the time go? I [...]

40 days after His birth Jesus was presented at the temple in accordance with the law as outlined in Leviticus 12. This remarkable passage is often skipped over in our Churches but is recorded in Luke 2:- Jesus Is Presented in the Temple 21 Eight days later, when the baby was circumcised, he was named [...]

“To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive…” Although Robert Louis Stevenson has always been one of my favourite authors, neither my wife nor I found much comfort in one of his best known sayings as we waited in a gridlocked M74 a few weeks ago, stranded by the sudden attack of the [...]

  28th December!     Christmas?  – seems like that was ages ago. We’ve unwrapped the presents, eaten enough turkey and Christmas pud to sink a battle ship. 3 days after Christmas Day and the relatives have gone and things are getting back to normal – but for Mary things would never be ‘normal’ again. Three days [...]

Jimmy Edmiston (Kings Park) The King has come. The time is right. “The writer of Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything. ‘To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven.” Ecclessiastes 3:1. Paul tells us in Galatians 4 that when the time was right Christ was born. [...]

Nimal Wijesinghe (Airdrie) The account in the Bible describing the birth of Jesus includes references to many people in different walks of life. Herod Reminds us of Politics and Worldly Power Inn Keeper Reminds us of the Business World – profits and profitability Wise-men Reminds us of the Intelligentsia – looking to understand mysteries and [...]

‘Yea, Lord, we greet thee, Born this happy morning; Jesus, to thee be glory given! Word of the Father, Now in flesh appearing! O, come, let us adore Him, O, come, let us adore Him, O, come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord! It’s Christmas Day, the day we celebrate the birthday of the [...]

Ken Honeyman (Partick) A few weeks ago I had to leave my car in a customers drive way and walk from Rutherglen to Baillieston. It took about two hours or so to get home that night. People were deserting their cars in droves, and walking as best they could through the snow and slush. Some [...]

Christmas – a Baptist perspective ? We’ve been thinking about unwrapping the biblical story of Jesus birth, clearing away the clutter of traditions, secular, pagan, and “Christian” that often obscure its meaning and confuse all but the most careful bible reader. We probably all have different ways of responding to all this – different ways [...]

The Greatest Gift from the Greatest Giver What do you hope to get this Christmas?  DVDs? Aftershave? A new pair of socks?  Hopefully, you’ll receive lots of good gifts and presents on December 25th.  However, I wonder if you’ve ever received the greatest gift of all?  Not only is it the greatest gift, it comes [...]