Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Sit where they sit. Pray for Divine Revelation The vast percentage of people I socialise with, outside of work, are Christians. I am happy and contented in such an environment, but what happens when God wants to take me out of this, my comfort zone to ‘preach’, to share the Good News to non Christians? [...]

“Let Scotland flourish” is based on part of the old motto of the city of the Glasgow, and as we consider this and endeavour to apply it to our nation, we need to take into account a number of considerations. Firstly what do we understand by the word “flourish”? Most people would no doubt go [...]

Nimal Wijesinghe (Airdrie)  Genesis 1:1 (NIV)  – In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Colossians 1:16 (NIV) – For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. Revelation 4:11 [...]

Marie Cameron (Strathendrick) In the recent history of Scotland our current age can be called the age of the fatherless children. More children than before are living without the influence of a father and we are just beginning to see the results of this situation. A friend of mine worked for fifteen years as a [...]

“Lord let Glasgow flourish through the preaching of the Word and praising thy name”. These are the words that Mungo is traditionally supposed to have said in a sermon he preached in Glasgow. The phrase is etched into the bell that hung in the Tron church. Nowadays of course the phrase has been shortened and [...]

How will Scotland flourish? Here’s more than a clue…. “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14) This verse [...]

‘To flourish: To grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way, especially as the result of a particularly congenial environment.’ Hindsight is a great thing! Pity I hadn’t thought a bit more before going away for a week and leaving the greenhouse to look after itself. The forecast suggested a cool week – the [...]

The controversy about who should have the power to run Scotland has taken another turn. The First Minister argues that no country which allows a court in another country to have the last word on appeals in its criminal cases can ever be truly independent: only the courts in Scotland should determine the outcome of [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) A Scotland that will flourish by the preaching of God’s Word is the heart’s desire of many Christians in this land. But, for some, this prospect seems far out of reach, largely due to the fact that they are finding it pretty difficult to flourish in their own personal lives. [...]

Being born in the early seventies, I grew up in an environment of rapidly declining church attendance and an increasing apathy towards the spiritual. Within my primary school class of around 30 children, I only recall one other person who attended church with their parents on a regular basis. Therefore, by the mid eighties, church [...]