Comments by the leader of the Scottish Christian Party on the secular, scientific, political and ecclesiastical scene and the application of Christianity to public life.
The Holy Spirit is the third Person in the Triune Godhead. Only Jesus Christ has explained the Trinity to us, because only He is capable of doing so. He has made it sufficiently clear that it astonishes those who meditate upon God's majesty. The wonders of science are a little insight into the wonders of …
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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 do we feed upon the Word of God? A mother feeds the body of her child with food. A teacher feeds the mind with information. Jesus feeds the soul with spiritual truth using the Bible. The devil poisons the mind with false doctrine. He tempts the soul with wicked suggestions. He even tempted Jesus Mat 4:1-11. …
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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A Christian is the term describing a person who has been baptised 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 …
Do you keep a diary? What big events have taken place in your life over the past year? This month witnesses the 45th anniversary of my graduation as a medical doctor from Glasgow University and my 40th wedding anniversary. This year witnesses the 40th anniversary of my licensing to preach the everlasting Gospel of the …
Faith is a personal judgment. You cannot believe something that you do not think is true. You have judged it to be true, so you believe it. If you judge it to be false you are not able to believe it. Therefore you are personally responsible for your own beliefs because they are your personal …
Having noted the nature of Christian fellowship, I now turn to the content of Christian fellowship. Christian fellowship is Christocentric, meaning that it centres on the Lord Jesus Christ because He is the centre of everything Col 1:17. He is the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last Rev 22:13. Different people focus …
Jesus describes those who are walking in darkness. They do not know where they are going. "He that walks in darkness does not know where he is going." John 12:35 Multitude of people do not know where they going after death, and Jesus described this as walking in darkness. Jesus is the Light of the …
Scottish Highland Christianity has been unique in preserving the biblical and spiritual attainments of the 16th-century Scottish Reformation to the present day. Foremost in the ranks of 19th-century Highland Christianity was Dr John Kennedy (1819-1884), the renowned minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Dingwall for 40 years. Dingwall (Tingwall) was considered the Viking …
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