Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Alan Milnes (Leslie) Like many of you I spent Friday celebrating the wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It is an enduring part of British Society that we have a Royal Family who are above the political fray and we can therefore celebrate on occasions such as this without politics getting in the [...]

In our town the Lent Bible studies this year were looking at the work of the Holy Spirit and in particular how he prepares us for service. In one study the writer reminded us of the definition of love as ‘..bringing about the highest possible good in another individual’s life.’  This made me think about [...]

We have over this series looked at the suffering of King Jesus at the cross and his rise from the dead. But we also as Christians eagerly await the return of the King.  People at Thessalonica had been so used to a culture where casear was king. But in Acts 17 we that they introduced [...]

Marie Cameron (Strathendrick) “By embracing death, taking it into himself, he(Jesus) destroyed the Devil’s hold on death and freed all who cower through life, scared to death of death.” (Hebrews 2:14-15) Whether people actually think much about their own dying, it is still true that we are all hampered by the reality of death. It [...]

When I told my husband the theme for this series, he immediately thought of King’s Cross station in London. And that started me thinking about the similarities between the two: King’s Cross station a place where journeys start and finish; a place where connections are made; where people change direction; where signs are read; where [...]

HE HAS RISEN … JESUS IS ALIVE! What are the most influential seven words spoken in the history of the world? – Romeo, Romeo where fore art though Romeo? – We shall fight them on the beaches – This is one giant leap for mankind – A plane just hit the south tower Influential as [...]

One of the amazing things is this, near the end of Jesus’ earthly life, we find Him named King more frequently than throughout the whole of the years of His ministry. Then came Jesus forth wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe…. And Pilate said “Behold your King.” They spat in His face. [...]

The Journey: From Galilee to Golgotha via Gethsemane. It’s recorded in Luke’s Gospel that ‘He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem’. (Luke 9:51) This is the start of Jesus’ journey from Galilee, where He was based at the beginning of His ministry, to Jerusalem where He will complete His journey. When He finally [...]

The cross is magnetic.  Not in the sense of a fridge magnet or stick-on car bumper icon, but magnetic in that it draws us inexorably to it. Its magnetism was so powerful, it drew the Son of God from the glory He had with Father before the world was, from the splendour of unapproachable light, [...]

Nimal Wiesinghe (Airdrie) Jesus, the son of Mary, was very much human. He felt sorrow and pain as we all do. Jesus, though human, was also aware that He was God’s beloved Son in whom God was well pleased (Matthew 3:17). Jesus also knew the Scriptures intimately and was aware of the full meaning of [...]