Scottish Baptist Lay Preachers Association

Location of Seven Churches Nimal Wijesinghe (Airdrie) A summary of the 7 letters to the 7 Churches – Revelation 1, 2 and 3. The seven churches form a horseshoe-shaped pattern on the map above and are located clockwise from Ephesus. Revelation 1:3-4 “Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

(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, [...]

 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 [...]

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 [...]

Jesus invested three years of his life in twelve men, living with them, eating with them, praying with them, teaching them and above all, loving them. Then he sent out the seventy-two others stressing to both groups the importance of trusting God to provide and not to be weighed down by material possessions. He gave [...]

Frank Morrison, Who moved the stone?  Reviewed by Andrew Young Fraserburgh This is a book which has been packed full of details concerning the events surrounding the trial, crucifixion and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ.  Frank Morrison draws on the Gospel narratives and several other sources and examines testimonies of different characters, who were [...]

St Paul founded the Corinthian church some twenty years after the resurrection of Christ. It appears to have been a church which Paul passionately loved, no doubt with exasperation!  Acts 18 gives an extended account of the founding of this dynamic and somewhat chaotic community.  Many of its issues are addressed in 1 and 2 [...]

Roger Ellsworth, People in the Passion of Jesus (Day One Publications) Reviewed By Andrew Young An excellent, short book consisting of thirteen brief chapters, each focusing on different people associated with the sufferings and crucifixion of Jesus.  The opening chapter focuses on Satan and shows how he sought to divert Christ from the Cross and [...]