Swift to its close
Swift to its close, written by Pastor Harley is a book of daily reading notes which provide spiritual help from the Bible for the terminally ill. These notes are available both as a webpage and in PDF format.
Click here to read as a web pageClick here to read as a PDF (Larger File)
Letters and other articles
Friston Circular
Friston Circular is a short pamphlet which we circulate in the Friston Area.Neighbourhood letters
Below is a set of evangelistic and encouraging letters circulated to our friends and neighbours of Friston Baptist Church.
Go to the letters section
Other articles
Various articles including lectures and anniversary reports can be found belowGo to other articles
Devotional comments
Our Pastor, Michael Harley, has also produced some devotional comments on books of the Bible.These comments may b accessed below and can be studied alongside the corresponding sermons on our sermon page.
Pastor's Letters
Download June 2007 Letter (This letter refers to a booklet entitled "How We Got Our English Bible", produced by the Trinitarian Bible Society) |
Download Christmas 2006 Letter (This letter refers to a tract, produced by the Trinitarian Bible Society which can be downloaded by clicking here) |
Pastor's Devotional Comments: Job
Pastor recommends that to obtain maximum benefit from his comments you read in full from the Bible every reference whenever one appears. Otherwise the reading of the comments is simply a skimming over the surface. They are rather designed to make you stop and meditate and even look up further references as the Holy Spirit guides you. Do pray before you read that the Holy Spirit will be your Tutor and that the time you spend will be time spent with Him.
Devotional comments on the Book of Job: Overview of Job (PDF) |
Pastor's Devotional Comments: Ecclesiastes
Pastor recommends that to obtain maximum benefit from his comments you read in full from the Bible every reference whenever one appears. Otherwise the reading of the comments is simply a skimming over the surface. They are rather designed to make you stop and meditate and even look up further references as the Holy Spirit guides you. Do pray before you read that the Holy Spirit will be your Tutor and that the time you spend will be time spent with Him.
Pastor's Devotional Comments: Proverbs
Pastor recommends that to obtain maximum benefit from his comments you read in full from the Bible every reference whenever one appears. Otherwise the reading of the comments is simply a skimming over the surface. They are rather designed to make you stop and meditate and even look up further references as the Holy Spirit guides you. Do pray before you read that the Holy Spirit will be your Tutor and that the time you spend will be time spent with Him.
Other Articles: Authorised Version
Below are two articles relating to the authorised version and its underlying text.
The Authorised Version: The Noblest Monument of English Prose and Christian Devotion
(A Lecture given on
behalf of the Trinitarian Bible Society, as part of the 400th anniversary of the 1611 translation, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge on Saturday, 22nd October 2011 at 3pm
A lecture given at the conference of the Protestant Reformed Fellowship at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford on 31st August 2011:
Reflections upon the transmission of the Greek Text of the New Testament
Other Articles: Anniversary Reports
Below are reports given by our Pastor at our anniversary services.
Pastor's Anniversary Report 2021 (PDF)
Pastor's Anniversary Report 2017 (PDF)
Pastor's Anniversary Report 2015 (PDF)
Pastor's Anniversary Report 2014 (PDF)
Pastor's Anniversary Report 2013 (PDF)
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