Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

GRF Christian Radio has produced a short series on seven favourite Christmas songs as selected by an entirely unscientific poll comprising mostly of my own friends, relations, colleagues and fellow-church members. These programmes are intended for broadcasting but are also suitable for using as illustrative inserts in services or as discussion topics – or, come [...]

We have been blessed over the past couple of weeks with various members of the association and we would like to express our thanks for unearthing the treasure of the christmas story.  If you have a spare moment over the course of today, why not take a moment to look back on previous entries

Nimal Wijesinghe (Airdrie) Christians have become so absorbed in the rituals and celebrations of Christmastime that as they approach 25th December their thoughts invariably turn to one or more, or indeed, all of the following: Christmas decorations, the Christmas Tree, Santa Claus, gifts, greeting cards, the turkey lunch or dinner, mince pies and activities of [...]

Advent at Christmas What are we looking for at Christmas? What were the shepherds looking for? A quiet night no doubt, they were going about their business, looking after sheep in the fields. Chatting about what kind of day they had, while wrapping themselves up to keep warm. Only to be disturbed by a heavenly [...]

It’s Christmas! Does that fill you with joy? Or is it marred by a pressure to “To Have A Good Time”? It’s Christmas! Have you made the Christmas cake yet? (it’s getting late – it should have been done months ago), how about the Christmas pudding? How many people are coming for Christmas lunch? Have [...]

Just a few days ago I received my first Christmas card. When I worked in India the Christmas cards coming from the UK often started to arrive in mid-November and a steady trickle of cards continued beyond Christmas into January, February and sometimes even March. This made me pay much more attention to the Christmas [...]

In a few weeks time many of us will be anxious and wondering if you have made all the necessary preparations for Christmas. Have we got in the food shopping? Will there be enough? Have all the cards been sent? Do we have some spare cards just in case? Will the Christmas gifts be what [...]

Her testimony has been spoiled. Not by anything she has said. Not by anything she has done. Not even by her attitude or demeanour. Her testimony has been spoiled by what others have attributed to her after her death. Poor Mary! Someone has said, “You could copy on one side of an A4 sheet everything [...]

It is often difficult to get excited by Christmas. On returning from my October holiday this year, I was greeted with ‘special’ Christmas aisle at Asda. The pressure was on, and it was still two months before the big event! It was all faintly rather depressing. The society we live in wants us to confirm [...]