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 [...]

The Open Bible Trust Conference at NMBC on Saturday 11 June from 2.30-6.30.  The subject is “An Overview of the Gospels”.  There will be a session looking at each of the 4 gospels, then one on similarities and another on differences, with time for discussion in between. Here is the full programme

Staff at the Union offices  this week said goodbye to Norman McNeish. Norman has been treasurer since 1996 and has worked full time since September 2005

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 [...]

As HRH Prince William of Wales, K.G. marries Miss Catherine Middleton in Westminster Abbey at 11:00am today, the Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers’ Association, representing Baptist lay preachers’ throughout Scotland, would with the rest of the nation on this joyful day of national celebration, wish to congratulate them on the occasion of their marriage and assure [...]

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 [...]

Easter Sunday is a day to celebrate the fact that ‘Jesus is Alive’