Comments by the leader of the Scottish Christian Party on the secular, scientific, political and ecclesiastical scene and the application of Christianity to public life.
I wrote a blogpost on The failure of Gentile Christianity. This has been misread by some people as 'Gentile Christianity has failed'. The wish may be the father of the thought because there are some Christians who misread the Bible and conclude that things will simply get worse and worse. Misreading and misunderstanding is common …
Continue reading The success and failure of Gentile Christianity
The failure of Gentile Christianity is predicted in Scripture at Rom 11:15. Its revival will come with the conversion of national Israel. Meanwhile, why has Gentile Christianity failed to convert the world? It has been successful in what the Lord called it to. It has evangelized the world Mat 28:18-20, making disciples of all ethnic …
It is possible to identify two types of politician. those who want power and therefore they join a major party to help them to have it. those who put their principles ahead of their politics and will speak and work for these principles even though they do not gain political power. In the USA: Joe …
Continue reading Various types of politician – Trump and Biden
Thank God that the attempted assassination of US Presidential hopeful Donald Trump was unsuccessful. Violence is the last refugee of failed thinkers. When poor debaters cannot win the argument they attack the man rather than "play the ball". This takes various forms, such as slander, mockery, threatening, followed by a long line of Machiavellian techniques, …
The world is questioning US President Joe Biden's mental fitness and why he continues in office. Overstaying one's welcome is common in politics, as seen with leaders like Mugabe, Putin, and others. The solution may lie in mandatory mental health tests for presidential candidates and public education on humility and Christian values.
Eschatology is a complicated subject for many Christians, so that many do not pay enough attention to it. Some even make excuses for not doing so. Eschatology is the study of the future and in particular what the Bible has to say about it. It is important because it deals with life after death Jn …
There are many good words that are put to a bad use. To such an extent, that over the years I have had to find better terms for the point being made. Liberalism I have no blogposts on liberalism because the use of 'liberal' and 'liberalism' is too often the abuse of a good word. …
It is not uncommon for Arminians to misrepresent Calvinism, not only with respect to doctrine but also by confusing Calvinism with hypercalvinism. American Arminians tend to confuse Calvinism with their misunderstanding of free will and divine election, from which they think that Calvinists do not preach the free offer of the Gospel. These topics were …
Many people know that they need Vitamin D for healthy bones. They also think that they receive plenty of Vitamin D from sunshine. This is only partially true. First, old people do not produce much Vitamin D in their skin and those who live in northern countries like Scotland receive so little sunshine that we …
There are various forms of cheating at elections but the most grievous one is using other people's votes by impersonation or other means. How is this done? There are various ways, and this is one reason why there are international observers at many national elections throughout the world. The problem exists even in Britain, where …
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