Democratic voting is not the answer to "holding the line", whether it is ecclesiastical, political or secular. Democracy works when the loser accepts the result of a vote, but accepting defeat has been abandoned in recent decades. Donald Trump had no sooner won his first term in office as the US President when protests began …
Category: Reformation
Protest and Reform
Protest and Reform are current political themes. These terms were commonly used in the 16th-century European Reformation and by the Protestantism associated with it. That Reform was a religious movement that continues to the present day, but modern protest and Reform are political movements, with secularism undergirding them. Revolution can also be thrown into this …
The price of losing Christian values
There is a saying: "You won't miss the water till the well runs dry." Britain's wells are running dry. The caring professions are running dry, which many now view simply as jobs without a sense of vocation. Speaking truth is running dry in politics and public life Isa 59:14. Christian conscience is seeping away from …
International socialism
People need to remember that socialism is an ideology and that it is not confined to any one nation. It is an international movement and thus Labour parties throughout the world have an international interest to collaborate in attacking capitalism and its perceived trappings. Australia's Labour Party state premiers plan to snub [at 22:25 hrs] …
Do you ignore the Prince of Peace?
Many people acknowledge that the world would be a better place if people were like Jesus Christ. So why do so many not listen to Him? Why do politicians in particular ignore His message? They will quote Mahatma Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr, Nelson Mandela and Leo Tolstoy, but the name of Jesus Christ …
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 …
The Scientific Reformation
GB News is attempting to be the mainstream alternative media in Britain, telling us the news that the BBC and other mainstream media outlets will not tell us. Neil Oliver is doing a good job with his weekly monologue at 6 p.m. each Saturday evening. He has covered many topics that need to be aired. …
Talents or vision?
The newly-elected leader of the SNP, Humza Yousaf, gave his acceptance speech today in which he articulated the priorities and vision of the Scottish National Party, claiming that Scotland has the talents to implement the separatist vision he embodies. Truly, Scotand has the talents. So do the Christians in Scotland. The question is, What vision …
Dr John Kennedy (1819-1884)
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 …
Disestablishment and the Church of England
This video at the New Culture Forum's spring conference 2022 shows some of the current problems in the Church of England. Some of us have known a much longer list for a much longer time. However, one proposed 'solution' was to disestablish the Church of England, which was compared to privatising a national institution. The …
Donald's Thoughts 