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Opinions/reflections - Jan - June 2025

Jimmy Carter - a Baptist Christian 'to whom faith and practice mattered deeply'
David Coffey shares a tribute to the 39th President of the United States, who died on 29 December aged 100
'A call to embrace transformation'
Kate Coleman introduces her new book Metamorph: Transforming Your Life and Leadership - Inspired Wisdom from the Extraordinary, Ordinary People of the Bible
Jigsaw, The Missing Piece – an 80-year autobiography
After navigating two long pastorates, nomadic travels and 61 years of marriage, Baptist minister Terry Jones has a lifetime of recollections to share
Ten years stitching inspired by the Bible
A huge textile exhibition began a three year tour of UK cathedrals on 16 January Creator and Baptist church member Jacqui Parkinson explains how she wanted to produce artwork everyone can enjoy - and bring them closer to experiencing God’s love
Donald Trump, Four Beasts, and the Son of Man
Whether you're greeting the emergence of a new world leader with great fear or great hope, the book of Daniel helps us to remember that all human leadership is provisional, partial, and impermanent, writes Helen Paynter
Impeached to empowered – the second coming of Donald Trump
What Christians should watch for this time around, by Baptist minister Chris Goswami. Chris blogged about the the first Trump presidential win in 2016
Southport: a reflection and a prayer
North Western Baptist Association Regional minister team leader Phil Jump offers these words in the wake of the sentencing of Axel Rudakubana at Liverpool Crown Court
The apocalyptic Donald Trump
The new US president has an apocalyptic style which offers false hope. He presents a danger but also reveals that true Christian politics values the weak over the strong, writes John Heathershaw
Whose Promised Land?
Colin Chapman writes about the background to a revised edition of his book Whose Promised Land? The Continuing Conflict over Israel and Palestine
Fresh Streams Conference 2025: a first-timer’s reflection
It gave me a fresh perspective and energy for the work ahead - and I have already started implementing most of what I learnt, writes Abraham Nafah
Churches in transition
After his own church overhauled its Sundays, Baptist minister Mike Sherburn set about discovering others that have sensed the call to change. He spoke to several which have made the transition from a traditional model to something different
'A glimpse into the engine room of church planting in the UK'
Asher Wiggers, a young leader at The Well, Sheffield, shares themes from the latest networking and strategy day of the National Church Planting Network
A new and creative path for Christian apologetics?
This year’s Whitley Lecture is entitled Holistic Apologetics: Re-Imagining Apologetics for the 21st Century. Its author Seidel Abel Boanerges explains why
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