Accidental Baptist?

Accidental Baptist?

So how did you get here? I am not asking about the birds and bees but about Queen’s Park Baptist Church. My journey started off in a parking bay near Glasgow High Street. I was a first-year bible college student with a desperate need for cheap accommodation. As...
Accidental Baptist?

Listen Up!

The sermon. Boredom or bliss? Answers on a postcard… In the infamous words of a former principal of the Scottish Baptist College, the sermon can become “A monstrous monologue by a moron to mutes” (R.E.O White). Now I wonder what Glasgow preachers he was listening to?...
This Sunday…

This Sunday…

A couple of Christmases ago there was a viral trend of people (usually women) posting comments along the lines of “Just going to lie under the Christmas Tree to remind my family what a gift I am”. Often it was a pointed, if funny, cry for help with all the Christmas...
Accidental Baptist?

Blinded by Grace

June 2019, the rapper Stormzy walked onto the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and with the words “let’s take this to church … we’re giving God all the glory right now” He sang: “Lord I’ve been broken Although I’m not worthy You fixed me I’m Blinded By...