Christians are facing greater pressure in the western world than for over 300 years. There are perils coming from outside the church – persecution, militant atheism and mockery of our precious faith. Many believers have been martyred or are languishing in prisons or labour camps. There are also perils from within – false teaching, worldliness, and discouragement. All these circumstances arise in the books that we are covering.

The readings have been selected to encourage Christians like ourselves living in difficult times.There is also the evangelistic challenge to any readers who are not yet believers. I have carefully selected daily Bible readings covering 366 days. Some of those who you will meet in these readings also faced hostility and persecution and triumphed in them.

We have now completed over twenty-six years of Pilgrim Bible Notes and have covered the whole of the Bible three times.

Previous years’ notes have been presented in a format which allows you to print them as booklets. This continues with files marked ‘print’.

I have added a further file, one day per page, which is ideal for reading on computers or tablets. These files are marked ‘tablet’.

May God encourage you through the reading of his precious Word and from meditating on the things that you read. For more details email pilgrim@ggoj.org.uk

Yours in Christ, Alec Taylor

For the last 18 years, the “God’s Glory, our Joy” conference has been contributing its mite to the project of building biblical churches in the North West of England by providing a forum for thought, prayer, and discussion. This year, people gathered from about 20 different churches and listened to a trio of talks on the theme of “Courage and Consistency”.

2018 Conference sermons now available. Listen on-line or download the MP3 sermons.

The conference again proved a time of great fellowship with challenging Bible teaching from our speakers: Mike Judge, Mark Stocker, Rhys Curnow and David Campbell.