Dec 22, 2022 | Joy to the World, QPUpdate
‘Joy to the World’ is one of my favourite carols – yet it was written as a poem, not a song and not even for Christmas! Isaac Watts (1674-1748) the pastor hymn writer was tired of the church’s dullness in the sung worship of his day which consisted solely of Old...
Dec 15, 2022 | Joy to the World, QPUpdate
Last Sunday I used a painting of the meeting of Elizabeth and Mary as part of my sermon. While those of you in the building will have been able to see this image, those online could not, hence I’ve posted it here. I settled on using this image because the embrace, and...
Dec 8, 2022 | Joy to the World, QPUpdate
Every so often I come across something that seems so counter-intuitive, so seemingly contrary to reality as it is presented to us, that I can hardly believe what I’m reading and need to take a double look. Take for example the statement that in the United States...
Dec 1, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
We have recently been encouraged by a number of prophetic words that have come to us as a church both from members and visitors. A number were given to us in written form and so we are able to pass these on. So here is a selection. They are in chronological order...
Nov 24, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
In this instant, just-in-time world, delay is a modern sin. Waiting times and waiting lists have become a part of our daily conversation. If you happen to be one of the 142,000 people waiting to be admitted to hospital in Scotland, then waiting is much more than idle...
Nov 17, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
As I write this (on Wednesday morning) it seems as if the whole world is sitting on the edge of its seat. How will Poland and NATO respond to the rockets that have landed in Przedwodów killing two people? Will world leaders meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh for COP27 and...
Nov 10, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Death is the great 21st-century taboo. We humans hate to admit that we are mortal. Not so Jesus. The second half of John’s gospel (chapters 14-17) is dedicated to Jesus’ “farewell discourse,” an intense conversation about his departure and return to the Father. Humans...
Nov 3, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
His name was Jihad. That’s right, the name appropriated by Muslim extremists to sacralise and sanction violence and brutality. He was, and is, a Pastor. Pastor Jihad, leading the “True Vine” church in Zahle, Lebanon way down in the Bekaa valley on the border with...
Oct 27, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Most, but not all, of us who form Queen’s Park Baptist Church, live in an urban environment …either by choice, necessity, or brute circumstance, we are city dwellers. We are not alone in this, the global trend is one of growing city dwelling, and the pace of this...
Oct 20, 2022 | Get Stuck In, QPUpdate
Mont-Orford is a tourist magnet right now. This October tens of thousands of visitors will descend on this ski resort in Quebec, Canada to witness one of the world’s great displays of autumn glory. The Canadian “Fall” is a cascade of colour, orange and gold, auburn...
