It is a disgrace to football to witness the number of teams in the Russian World Cup 2018 who physically wrestled Harry Kane to the ground to prevent his reaching the ball in the penalty area, even in front of the referee in England's win against Colombia last night. This is not football, far less …
Hebrew or Aramaic?
Bible commentators and academics are in the habit of describing the native language spoken by Jesus and His contemporaries as Aramaic or Syro-Chaldaic. Those who wish to show their academic credentials will do the same. This is servile copying of academia. The New Testament repeatedly calls it Hebrew Lk 23:38, Jn 5:2, Jn 19:13,17,20, Act …
Dishonest dialogue
Everyone forms their own opinions but most are very poor at defending them. They assert their opinions but if debate becomes too awkward for them, they simply walk away. They do not want to change their opinions nor to have them exposed, even to themselves. This is because they do not engage in honest dialogue. …
When did the Gospel first reach Europe?
It is common to hear preachers say that the Gospel first came to Europe when Paul responded to the Macedonian call, ‘Come over into Macedonia and help us’ Act 16:9. This is wrong, and it is one of many examples of the readiness to copy ideas without checking out if they are true. The Gospel …
Locking in aggressive political gains
The co-convener of the Scottish Greens in the Scottish Parliament has said that those who disagree with homosexual marriage should be prevented from becoming MSPs. During the debate on passing the Historical Sexual Offences (Pardons and Disregards) (Scotland) Bill he argued against political parties selecting candidates who do not accept homosexual activity. The BBC reported …
Saul of Tarsus’ miscarriage
Some years ago I wrote a blogpost 'Was the rich young ruler actually Saul of Tarsus?' It is one of my most-viewed blogposts to date and some people have commented on it, but without reading the Bible commentary that could be downloaded from the blogpost. So it might be helpful to simply state in summary …
George Soros, the UK and the EU
George Soros is known as the man who broke the Bank of England. In 1992 Soros bet against the pound and made billions of pounds when the UK came out of the Exchange Rate Mechanism. Similarly Arron Banks who supported Brexit made millions of pounds on the foreign exchanges from Britain's decision to exit the …
SNP Growth strategy
The Scottish National Party seems to think that the Scottish people have short memories. Was it not, and is it not, SNP policy to join the European Union if Scotland separates from the UK? However, new members of the EU must join the euro. So why does the new SNP policy document published today speak …
Even the Royals need the Gospel
The royal family need to hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the King of kings, because they need the Gospel as much as any of us. It is probable that some of the royal family do not know what the Gospel is, which may explain their reaction to the sermon at today's royal marriage between …
The false doctrine of secularism
Secularism is a false religion preaching many false doctrines. Not least among them, and one of its foundational false doctrines, is the natural goodness of man. This false doctrine of man's natural goodness is contradicted by the content on every news channel of the mass media. Daily the world's news bulletins tell us about man's …
Donald's Thoughts 