Democratic voting is not the answer to "holding the line", whether it is ecclesiastical, political or secular. Democracy works when the loser accepts the result of a vote, but accepting defeat has been abandoned in recent decades. Donald Trump had no sooner won his first term in office as the US President when protests began …
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Donald Trump defeats Kamala Harris and Joe Biden
Donald Trump has won the US Presidency for the second time in a historic political comeback unpredicted by many of the mainline pundits and utterly unexpected by the American Democrats. In his victory speech to supporters in the early hours of the morning he acknowledged that God spared his life to get a job done. …
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Catalysts, advocates and intercessors
The world needs peace-makers. Jesus placed them among His Beatitudes: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9 There are too many peace-breakers. This blogpost is about international affairs and conflict resolution, and God knows that we need it. There will be no lasting peace between man and …
The utility of Christian fellowship
Christian fellowship is not an option – it is a necessity for Christian development and usefulness. Having noted the nature of Christian fellowship, and the content of Christian fellowship, I now turn to the utility or usefulness of Christian fellowship. This usefulness is not simply personal, but collective, even to the extent of national and …
The cowardice of human shields
Human shields refer to fighters who use a defenceless human being to protect them from their opponents. This is forbidden by the Geneva Conventions and it is classified as a war crime. The most recent and public example of human shields is in Gaza, where its Hamas leadership uses civilians as human shields for its …
There is a Christian Party
"There is a Christian Party – I like that!" When Donald Dewar, the first First Minister of the reconstituted Scottish Parliament in 1999, launched the Scotland Bill in 1997 he announced: "There shall be a Scottish parliament," and added: "I like that!" Similarly, "There is a Christian Party – I like that!" You can add …
Brexit has (not yet) arrived
Today was meant to be Brexit Day. At 11 p.m., when this post is published, the UK was meant to leave the European Union – postponed for a third time. However, I hope that the end is in sight, now that a General Election has been called for 12 December 2019. Brexit 1 was 29 …
Whose sovereignty is it anyway?
The crisis in current democracy can be traced to a clash of sovereignties. In the past, royal authority was supreme, and sovereignty resided in the monarch. However the abuses of the Stuart monarchies in the 17th century, based on their idea of 'the divine right of kings', led to Parliamentary democracy being pioneered in Britain, …
American Independence Day
Today, American Independence Day, reminds us of "no taxation without representation". This was the principle on which the American War of Independence was fought. It was not simply a desire for independence, but a revolt against undemocratic control. This is the same motivation behind Brexit – the vote by the UK on 23/6/2016 to leave …
Donald's Thoughts 