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The Struggle to Stand

Within the last twelve months, I have personally experienced physical difficulties in my body like I never have before. This is despite being otherwise fit very active and healthy. On both occasions the physical problems have resulted in my not being able to stand. Indeed, I have been incapable of standing.

Notional Repentance is the Enemy of National Revival

Notional repentance is the enemy of national revival. In short, we long for national repentance but are only willing to notionally bow, or notionally surrender. We have literally lived through the most alarming period of world history in the last one hundred years, with evil ramping every single day, and, as the Body of Christ, we still insist on being merely notional.

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 🔊 Repent Now; He Loves You ❤️

Dear Edinburgh Disciples, You know the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, that it’s the largest Arts Festival in the world? Well, that simply means that it is one of the world’s largest white fields for workers to work in 🔊 The problem is that the workers are few. But Jesus told us what to do about thatContinue reading “Edinburgh Fringe Festival 🔊 Repent Now; He Loves You ❤️”

Edinburgh Fringe Festival 🔊: Repent Now; He Loves You❤️

Edinburgh Disciples, you know the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, that it’s the world’s largest Arts Festival? Ergo, it is one of the largest white fields in the world 🔊

The Great Evangelical Disaster

Schaeffer was born twelve years after the death of J. C Ryle who had no choice but to defrock his first-born son from a position of leadership in the Church of England, such was the tentacle reach of liberal theology even into his own family. There is no way that Ryle would remain within the Church of England today. He was too strong for that, too desirous of God. Spirit is always thicker than blood.

A Reading of Isaiah

For anyone who is interested in spending their Friday evenings in live Bible reading, we have two weeks left of our 8-week reading through Isaiah. In late August we will then be having a longer streaming session reading the whole of the book in one go. We’ll be welcoming other readers to both lighten the load for Mairi and I as well as being a refreshing variety in voice.

Are You Ananias & Sapphira?

When was the last time you were genuinely concerned that you might be visited by the police as a consequence of your responsibility as a witness of Jesus Christ? Personally speaking, when I don’t have any confidence in a YouTube being supported, a teaching series honoured or a MailChimp being courteously respected, what hope is there of support when the police come knocking?