The Women’s Equality Party is the new lassie on the block. It does not like Donald Trump's victory in the USA. Its spokeswoman on the Daily Politics today complains that his election means that one can demean woman and 'it doesn't matter'. Secular morality is offended. The secular elite is now discovering how Christians have …
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Missing the Wood for the Trees
The Labour Party Conference begins tomorrow for four days. But...its website doesn't tell us the agenda nor timetable. Its conference page tells us a host of activities and details but not its agenda nor timetable! I hope those who booked to attend this conference know what they have signed up for. Yes - it is …
Rugby World Cup 2015
So the Rugby World Cup 2015 has begun, with an England victory 35-11 over Fiji in the opening match. There was controversy over a disallowed try. Matawalu the Fiji scrum half made a spectacular break and made a solo run to be given a try in the corner by the referee. However the television replay …
Pollsters’ post-mortem
Opinion pollsters are organising a post-mortem on why the opinion polls were so completely wrong in the recent General Election. There will be much huffing and puffing, money and time wasted in trying to reach a conclusion. For my part, a good part of the answer will be found in the tick box mentality of …
The Starting Handle era
Older people will remember the days when the car would not start and one had to use a starting handle to start the engine (until people learned about ‘bump-starting’ the car with a push). The handle was inserted in the front of the car and one cranked the engine into life. Sometimes the handle ‘kicked …
Presbyteries or Church Courts?
It is very common to hear people speak about church courts. However Kirk Sessions, Presbyteries, Synods and General Assemblies become church courts for specific cases. This legal terminology is now so common that people fail to see that ecclesiastical assemblies are for the mutual support and oversight of the people of God. It is no …
A theological dictionary
I have decided to begin an online theological dictionary with definitions of biblical and theological terms. It will probably include and develop into short articles on these and other themes. Much confusion is created in Christian fellowship meetings by failure to define one's terms. Thus people speak at cross-purposes and confusion develops instead of edification …
Pride
Pride was the first sin, originating in the devil 1Tim 3:6. It is closely allied to independence - the desire to be independent of God. This was the devil's first temptation of man Gen 3:5. Sin is a separating force and results in death Jas 1:15. The essence of death is separation. Spiritual death is …
When Love Fails
When people begin to demand their rights, it is an indication that love has failed.
Climate change
Notice that the language is changing from global warming to climate change. The hottest year in recent times was 1995. The media furore about global warming was about the attempt to 'get rid of the mediaeval warm period' - in other words, to remove from the temperature graphs the awkward fact that temperatures in the …
Donald's Thoughts 