Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

The overall theme of the Baptist assembly was the ‘Outrageous Generosity of God’ along with the Baptist Union of Scotland launching their booklet ‘An Invitation to a Journey’ produced under the direction of Council by the National Strategy Group. The ethos of the whole assembly was bedded around these themes while exploring what it means to [...]

On some Sunday afternoons Bearsden Baptist Church, not incidentally my own home fellowship, holds Reflective Services’, short (reflection on God’s word, less than twenty minutes!) with ‘old hymns’ and, sometimes, a soloist. As this implies, these services are mainly for those ‘golden oldies’ among Bearsden’s two baptist fellowships who do not find evening services easy [...]

Jim Ewing (Bearsden) It might seem like stretching the word to call the Gospel “outrageous” but when you think about it, it’s not really inappropriate. To think that all-powerful God almighty loves us so much that he sent His Son to die in our place, taking upon himself the punishment we deserved for own actions! [...]

Nimal Wijesinghe (Airdrie) It has been preached and we have been taught in Sunday School and elsewhere in Christian circles that God loves us. While that is a very true statement, it is unlikely that the human mind can ever grasp the true depth, height, the width and completeness of God’s love for us – [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship) One of my favourite bible characters is the Old Testament prophet, Jonah.  In many ways, he’s not a particularly likeable character and certainly not someone on whom you would want to model your life.  Nevertheless, the story of God’s dealings with him throughout the book that bears his name is fascinating [...]

The generosity of God in the sacrifice of his son is so outrageous to us as humans that it seems we find it on one level completely unbelievable that this is all that is required for us to have eternal life with God. As Christians we are in a constant battle to avoid adding anything [...]

I am due to go to the Baptist Assembly for the first time as a delegate, at the end of the month. I am aware that the theme this year is Outrageous Generosity. As a an individual, as I look back over my life I can see times where Gods goodness and generosity have been [...]

Baptist Union of Scotland are delighted to announce the appointment of Rev Dr Jim Purves to the position of Mission and Ministry advisor.  He is currently serving as the pastor of Bristo Baptist Church.Our General Secretary, Glen Cartwright has written to him to assure him of our prayers as he steps out into this unwritten [...]

John 14:15-31 Often when we think of the generosity of God and the gift of His son the Lord Jesus Christ our thoughts often turn to the finished work of the cross and of our redemption through the shed blood of Christ and the forgiveness of sin by accepting Jesus as our Lord and Saviour. [...]

How many of us have either sat in court or watched reports of courtroom activities on our televisions and stared incredulously as the jury delivered their verdict and the judge passed sentence? We wonder how on earth did they get away with that. Surely that can’t be justice we often exclaim. Now imagine if you [...]