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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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Law is necessary but it needs reform

The 16th-century European Reformation of religion is a pointer to the need for a 21st-century global Reformation of the law and legal processes. Law is necessary but it needs reform. Secularism has allowed the reach of the law to run out of control and Reformation is long overdue. Secularism is 500 years out of date, …

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The truth and “the whole truth”

Last week, the former First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond drew attention to "the whole truth" in the oath normally administered in sworn testimony. The Committee on the Scottish Government Handling of Harassment Complaints (Committee of Inquiry) had invited him to speak to the Inquiry as he had been the victim of a miscarriage of …

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A summary of Christian action

A Christian friend has raise the important point where Christians can find answers to pressing questions in public life. In testimony to him and his acknowledgment of this concern I have decided to gather together some former blogposts for reference. There are lobby groups in England and Australia but Scotland needs a reformer and Christian …

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False doctrine and the need to expose it

The concept of false doctrine has been lost in this age when everyone is allowed to have their own opinion as if each opinion is equally valid. This so-called liberal position is, however, simply a transitional phase during which our society moves into a new paradigm where secular opinion will impose its false doctrines upon …

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