Jesus said to His disciples: "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost."John 6:12 Jesus said this after feeding 5,000 people on the Galilean hillside. He was teaching His disciples about more than being tidy. In this same chapter Jesus taught "I am the Bread of Life" Jn 6:35,48,51 and gave extensive teaching …
Things you know you know …
"There are things you know you know and there are things you know you don't know.There are things you don't know that you know and there are things you don't know that you don't know."The Johari window This stanza was popularised by Donald Rumsfeld during a press conference in 2002 explaining that 'there are known …
Code exegesis
There are people who exegete Scripture as if it is code. I call it code exegesis and it is over three years since I intended to explain it more fully. As Scripture clearly has Old Testament types of Christ and symbols of various spiritual matters, this has developed into a form of allegorising that sees …
New highs and new lows in the EU Project Fear
EU Project Fear has reached new heights and Remainers' skulduggery has reached new depths. BBC Newsnight reported tonight that Jean-Claude Juncker said: “a Brexit without an agreement would lead to the collapse of the United Kingdom”. A threat or a prediction from this false prophet of doom? Is the wish the father of the thought? …
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Eternity and Time
This evening the Highland Astronomical Society had its collective mind stretched as our former chairman Paul Jenkins spoke on The Passing of Time, not in the sense of its demise, although one needs to face up to the fact that Time will come to an end, but as the website announced: “As Earthlings we regard …
Trusting the Prime Minister
Boris Johnson is fair game in the Brexit civil war. It is open season with the impeaching of the American President Donald Trump and revisiting Johnson's record when he was the mayor of London. It shows the spirit of the age but it is compounded by those who cannot see themselves. As the Scottish bard …
The Supreme Court rises to the occasion
The Supreme Court has illustrated how to restore judicial judgments in the UK to objective facts instead of subjective beliefs. Instead of trying to read Prime Minister Boris Johnson's motives, as the Court of Session judged, Lady Hale, President of the Supreme Court, specifically excluded this in her statement explaining the unanimous decision of eleven …
The political left and right
It is common to hear commentators refer to the left and right in politics and it is a sure put-down to call someone far right or far left. Such terms mean something to the politically-minded but because many people are not political it is more helpful to use other, more exact descriptions. People have different …
Learning basic Exegesis
There are some basics in exegesis that Christians can learn and develop to improve their personal Bible study and their discussion at collective Bible studies. Drawing out of (ex-egesis) Scripture will feed the soul. Which is the most significant word in the following sentence? "The red car went down the hill." You may say that …
The argument for mature politicians
David Cameron said in today's BBC programme The Cameron Years that he never had enough time as Prime Minister to make decisions but plenty of time to think about them after his period as Prime Minister. “I do brood hugely, and the truth is, as Prime Minister you don’t have enough time, sometimes, to think, …
