It’s funny how the most commonplace things can trigger off deeper thoughts about more important matters. For example, in a supermarket recently I noticed the slogan on the side of one of the shopping bags they were offering for sale: “It’s what’s inside that counts”. This is almost a quotation Read more…
Listening to a programme on the BBC World Service this morning I was again informed by a liberal unbeliever that the Bible was never intended to be understood as a literal text and has always been, like the Koran, reinterpreted to reflect society at the time. The speaker took no Read more…
GospelBlog has previously marvelled at the corruption of fundamental words of the Christian faith. Indeed we recently commented on how the word ‘Christian’ itself has been adopted as a descriptor for all sorts of stuff that couldn’t be further from the teaching of the New Testament. In the first century Read more…
I have to say that I am fairly sceptical about the valid origins of many of the more whimsical collective nouns – you know the sort of thing I mean: “a hastiness of cooks” or “a blush of boys”. My wife has a china mug from a series called ‘Collective Read more…
Mildly concerned this evening that the destination showing on the front of my train home is indicating that I have joined a ‘Mystery Excursion’. Sounds like a Harry Potter type adventure – who knows where I may end up! I suppose that this is how some of us view life Read more…
The European Space Agency has reported a little difficulty with the placement of the two latest satellites in its Galileo programme. It is somewhat awkward that a programme intended to provide a satellite navigation system superior to the American GPS system should fail to correctly place two of its key Read more…
In the course of the next few weeks the people of Scotland will make a significant historical decision – whether to remain in their 300 year-old union with the United Kingdom or to go it alone. GospelBlog takes no position on this debate, that is not our purpose, but the Read more…
Have you heard the one about the king buried in a car park in Leicester? The astonishing story of the discovery of the remains of Richard III in such ignominious surroundings does sound a bit like the start of a joke. But, it turns out, it is the real deal. Read more…
I would like to congratulate the ingenuity of whoever it is at Scotrail that is providing the Gaelic translations on Scottish rail station boards. Dunfermline Town now rejoices in the much more impressive Baile Dhùn Phàrlain and Haymarket has morphed into Margadh an Fheòir. Perhaps the most challenging for local tongues Read more…
The tent meetings in Crosshill, Fife previously announced on GospelBlog, started last night (Sunday, 17th August). The tent was almost full, despite the heavy rain showers. For full details and a map please click on the link