Britain needs not only a policy and a vision, but a man who knows how to stand in the gap and to repair the damage caused by secularism. ‘I sought for a man among them, that should repair the hedge and stand in the gap before Me for the land, that I should not destroy …
Category: Politics
Scotland needs a Reformer
The main message from the 500th anniversary of the European Reformation is that Scotland needs a Reformer. We have plenty of theologians and preachers, but no reformer. Scotland's Reformer was John Knox but we have fallen upon such backsliding times that we need a new one, but at present Scotland has no reformer. A reformer …
Martin Luther – Europe’s Reformer
Today we remember the 500th anniversary of the trigger that began the European Protestant Reformation, when Professor Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses for discussion to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, Germany. Luther nailing the 95 Theses to the door of the castle church in Wittenberg, which triggers the European Reformation There …
Main stream media is the secular pulpit
Preachers have a habit of missing the mark. Jesus Christ majored on what mattered and accused preachers in His day of omitting the weightier matters. In our day, preachers are failing to address the secular dogmas being preached by the mass media. Media soapbox The greatest errors of our day are being preached through the …
The dangers of secularism
Secularism likes to promote itself as rational and moral. The problem is that it does not stop there but it seeks to impose its secular morality on others, while complaining that religion does the very same thing with its morality. "It takes one to know one." Human beings try to control others from the moment …
Dr Nicola Sturgeon?
Nicola Sturgeon claims in today's First Minister's Question: "it is the easiest thing in the world to get up and diagnose the problem." Really? Most medical doctors would like to know how, and I am sure medical students would like to know how to shorten their course of studies. Rather, it is easy to see …
The cost of abandoning sin
There is a literal cost when society abandons the concept of sin. Many people will find that it reduces their bank balance. The state fines people when they break its laws. On the other hand, God calls the breaking of His law 'sin' and He gives sinners a verbal warning. Fines reduce one's bank balance; …
Aggressive secularism
Britain is reaching a tipping point. The language battle has been one of several tools in the armoury of aggressive secularism. There are others. After softening up British society for many decades, we have now reached the critical tipping point of legislative enactment. Although Brexit is important, it risks taking people's eye off the ball. …
The language battle
The language battle has been in progress for well over a century, but it is now reaching a critical tipping point. Take for example the family. The European Convention on Human Rights says that everyone is entitled to family life. However, when the definition of a family is changed to include homosexual couples, their right to …
Do PDFs save paper?
PDF files are excellent, but do they save paper? How many emails do you receive that ask you to consider whether you need to print it out? Our environmentally conscious age is trying to save paper. PDFs are excellent as one can highlight them, annotate them, remove the annotation, change them, add to them, etc. …
Donald's Thoughts 