Modern discussion and debate is full of unanswered questions. Prime Minister's Questions, First Minister's Question and BBC Question Time produce many examples of questions that are ignored and not answered. People respond, but they do not answer; they reply, but they do not answer. An answer addresses the question, but the person responding may reframe …
Category: Apologetics
Are you religious or are you spiritual?
Some people say that they are not religious, but that they are spiritual. What is the difference? Are these the only options? Whatever they mean by this, it is true that human beings are spiritual. We are more than body; a human being is a spirit with a body. When we die, our body ceases …
Christian “workers of iniquity”
My previous blogpost has some of Jesus' teaching on why people do not listen to Him nor believe in Him. Jesus has gone to heaven and left His people in this world to carry on His teaching. How are they progressing? It is relevant to follow up the previous blogpost with Jesus' own opinion of …
Why do people not believe in Jesus Christ?
Jesus Himself gives us various reasons why people do not listen to His teaching, far less believe in Him as God's Saviour of sinners. 1. They do not want to listen. Jesus explained that there are many people who close their eyes and ears to Him and His teaching. He put it like this: "Their eyes …
How is Jesus Christ the only Saviour of sinners?
The short answer is that only Jesus has the authority to forgive sin. A slightly longer answer is that only He has laid the foundation in divine justice to forgive sins. An even longer answer is that only Jesus can save us from the Penalty of sin, the Power of sin, the Pollution of sin …
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Roman dogma
It is that time of year when it is useful to remind people that christmas means Christ's mass. That is, the Roman Catholic mass. Some Dutch people call it Kerstfeest 'Christ’s Feast' to avoid the element of the Roman Catholic mass. In the not-too-distant past, Scotland celebrated the New Year more than christmas until commercialisation took over, …
What is a Christian?
A Christian is the term describing a person who has been baptized as a disciple of Jesus Christ into the Christian church. Jesus Christ had disciples, literally meaning 'a student', some of whom were in due course baptized as His disciples Jn 4:1-2. The Jews were disciples of Moses Jn 9:28 and John the Baptist …
Christian care is not the same as secular care
Just as Christian morality is not the same as secular morality, neither is secular care the same as Christian care. Secular care is very choosey; it picks and chooses. On a recent walk I met two runners who identified themselves as atheists. Having established that they were open to discussion, it was immediately apparent that …
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What is Christianity?
Christianity is that divine worldview explained and introduced to world consciousness and world affairs by the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God 2Jn 1:3. Jesus focuses on the big questions in life - why we are here, Who made us, where we are going after death, and how do we prepare for it? Some …
Reforming the Reformed Church
The Reformed Church is the Christian church that emerged in Europe during the 16th-century European Reformation, reforming the church from the Roman Catholic corruptions that had emerged under the Roman Catholic pope in Rome. These reforms are generally described as "Reformed in Doctrine, Worship and Practice". 500 years after these events, there has been a …
Donald's Thoughts 