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Here’s a link to the latest edition of our church Child Protection policy: Child Protection Policy – December 2020

We’re in the middle of studying Hebrews 10 and defining four gospel-centered lifestyles. The first was a lifestyle of devotion, last week was a lifestyle of action and today is a lifestyle of COMMUNITY. “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as...

Last week I started a series in Hebrews 10 where we’ll examine four different ways to live if the gospel is true. The first was a lifestyle of devotion; today is a lifestyle of ACTION. “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful.” (Hebrews 10:23) It’s...

If you were to outline the book of Hebrews, you would see that from 4:14 to 10:18, the author builds an extensive argument for the high priesthood of Jesus. At the conclusion of that argument, he begins the next section with the words, “Therefore, brothers, since…” (10:19). In other words, here’s what the author is...

Sometimes it’s irritating; other times it’s encouraging. Sometimes it’s exhausting; other times it’s enlightening. But it’s altogether impossible to avoid – human beings ask questions. If you’re a parent, you know that little children ask questions all the time. Sometimes their questions are innocent – “Where does milk come from?” Other times, their questions are...

If you would like to chat to someone about the verse on your egg – we are available for you, email Mark at info@ballymenabaptist.org Also! You are very welcome at our special Easter Services 20th April at 11.30am and 6.30pm Love, is arguably the strongest emotion on earth, a source which motivates acts of selflessness and heroism; we...

The sun rises just before 6:30 A.M. in Bethany, the small village on the southeastern slope of the Mount of Olives, just a mile and a half east of Jerusalem. It is Monday morning, March 30, A.D. 33. Jesus of Nazareth is staying in the humble home of his friends Martha (whose anxiety-driven hospitality had...

The Bible says that suffering should not take us by surprise – we live in a fallen world during restoration and redemption. But I’ve found in my years of counseling (and even in my own heart) that many Christians are unprepared for when suffering enters their door. Over the next few weeks, I want to...

So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened. Luke 11:9–10 As Jesus teaches his disciples...