The Establishment Principle is that biblical principle which states that God is sovereign over secular and ecclesiastical affairs, and that He has established a relationship between these two sovereign spheres in which the state and the Christian church are to acknowledge each other as divinely-appointed institutions, to mutually support and encourage each other, but not …
Category: Politics
The illiberal Liberal Democrat leader
Vince Cable wants to force the UK to remain in the European Union. "Brexit is not inevitable. It can and it must be stopped." He makes it clear what he wants, and why he wants a final people's vote on Brexit. It is not a desire to give a new choice to the people but …
The ark of the covenant and the third temple
There is a movement afoot among orthodox Jews to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem and to this end they have been looking for a red heifer without blemish to dedicate the temple. Although there have been discredited claims in recent decades, there are now rumours that a suitable red heifer has been found and that …
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The archbishop’s poor politics
The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, told the TUC on Wednesday that “the Bible is political from one end to the other.” The problem is that Welby is a poor politician. He condemned zero-hour contracts, the gig economy and Amazon in particular for not paying sufficient taxes in the UK. Since then it has transpired …
Alex Salmond joins the campaign for natural justice
Alex Salmond, former SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland, has resigned from the SNP. The reason he has given is to save the SNP the embarrassment and consequences of suspending him from the party while he defends himself against allegations of sexual misconduct. BBC Newsnight said tonight that Salmond had always disagreed with suspending …
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Military might, political revolution or Christian love?
Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Hitler and a host of other people sought to aggrandise themselves and build an empire by military might. Karl Marx and his followers want to change the world by political revolution. Jesus Christ is doing it by Christian love, and has been doing it for two millennia, with many more to …
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Naming the sin
Celebrities and public figures who fall foul of the law are discovering at great personal cost the effects of broad-brush accusations and the folly of criminalising sin. Cliff Richard, many before him, and now Alex Salmond are discovering the cost of a dumbed-down secular society. The public is told that Salmond faces allegations of sexual …
Google is catching up with Facebook
Facebook’s reputation has been tarnished with the Cambridge Analytica scandal and now Google has been caught out by still tracking devices even when location history is turned off. Google is catching up with Facebook in this unwelcome competition. However, not many people know that they are still logged in to Facebook on all devices on …
Freedom of speech in Britain
As a Protestant Christian I protest for free speech and against control freakery. It was Protestant Christianity with its insistence on protest that gave freedom of speech to the British Isles. It is a lack of Christianity that it is taking it away and substituting political correctness in its place, for those who will bow down …
Children’s Hearings in Scotland
BBC Newsnight on 3/8/2018 drew attention to concerns that the Child Protection Service in Norway is taking too many children into care. The same concerns should be publicized in Scotland. The British media has publicised 'separation anxiety' experienced by children being separated from their parents at the American-Mexico border. The same British media is behind …