Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

The stimulus for Biblefresh came from the fact that 2011 is the 400th anniversary of the publishing of the Kings James Authorised version. There are 4 strands to the initiative.
1. to read the Bible together as a church and individually
2. to invest in training the leadership and congregation to handle the bible with confidence and [...]

On Wednesday 9th June, 7.30pm in Kirkstyle Baptist Church, Carluke, Dr. John Blanchard, -Internationally known Preacher, Teacher, Apologist and Author- will preach on the subject, “Is God past his sell by date?”
It is a great opportunity to hear this man of God and a warm invitation is extended to all – especially to the un-saved [...]

Eric MacArthur (Dalbeattie)

If Christ is not risen your faith is in vain…….so wrote Paul to a church where some people evidently didn’t believe that Jesus had really been raised from the dead.(1 Corinthians 15) But for Paul, as the other apostles, the resurrection of Jesus was the foundation of his faith. It was encountering the [...]

Jimmy Edmiston (Kings Park)
‘And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. So it was that for a whole year they assembled with the church and taught a great many people. And the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.’(NKJV). Acts 11:26
Whenever a new group starts up whether it be a revolutionary one, [...]

(Some notes from a sermon on Acts 23-26)
 

One theme through all Paul’s court trials: the Resurrection. “I believe in the hope of Israel, foretold in the OT, fulfilled in Jesus of Nazareth, who was raised from the dead so that we too might rise.”
Paul, rescued from the mob by the Roman commander, Lysias, who takes [...]

 Visiting someone in prison is not a happy experience. The security procedures for visitors (emptying your pockets, giving over your mobile phone and any other hard object, signing an endless set of forms) are depressing enough, but there us in most prisons I’ve visited a sense of emptiness. The routines the prisoners have to go [...]

Opportunity to learn about more about the developing church as seen in from Resurrection to the early church and other updates. See Below:
 
The Developing Church Series
 
Who Moved the stone? (reviewed by Andrew Young)
Born to Develop (Jim Sutherland, Islay)
A Developing Community (Andrea Mill, Bristo, Edinburgh)
The Name of Jesus (John Bingham, Newton Mearns)
Prayer in Acts (Philip Magee, Dingwall)
Equipping the Church – Then [...]

Florence MacKenzie (Aberdeen Christian Fellowship)

Ever tried getting a job done without the proper tools? Or begun tackling a project that you didn’t have the necessary skills to complete well? It’s really frustrating when we find ourselves in situations like this, but immensely satisfying when we have all we need to carry out a task effectively.
God [...]

What strikes me about Acts is the real commitment to prayer. As the church was daily being added to they committed themselves to prayer. They prayed even when they experienced difficulties. They prayed regarding leadership of the new developing church. Alongside being committed to prayer they were committed to Apostles’ teaching, breaking of bread and [...]

John Bingham (Newton Mearns)
From the early chapters of Acts onwards, the disciples did not promote a religion nor advance a human cause but rather they preached a Person whose name was Jesus. Four verses from Acts show how the message has not changed over 2000 years, nor has the name which we preach.
In Acts 3:6 [...]