Here are some thoughts I have been enjoying recently from the Gospel according to John Chapter 3. Most of this chapter is taken up by an exchange between Nicodemus, a member of the ruling religious elite at Jerusalem, and the Lord Jesus Christ – a carpenter from Nazareth, and the Read more…
There appears to be something of a theme developing amongst the intellectuals at the BBC. In May GospelBlog noted an article by Tom Shakespeare that posited the idea that the optimal solution for a happy life is to be religious while not believing in God. Today Will Self has joined this Read more…
To my delight, and the considerable massaging of my ego, I discover that I can wear Slim-Fit shirts! Quite how this can be the case given that my current BMI only just squeezes below the ‘overweight’ category on the NHS Livewell site, I’m not quite sure. I’m equally sure that Read more…
Two stories in the media have caught my eye today. Firstly, the Sudanese lady, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag has thankfully been able to leave Sudan. Meriam, who was raised by her mother as a nominal christian was caught in an impossible situation when she was sentenced to death for adultery, Read more…
The City of Glasgow is rising steadily to fever pitch at it approaches the formal start to the 2014 Commonwealth Games this evening. The event will see athletes from across the world compete at the highest level – even if initial qualification is (largely) on the slightly dubious grounds of Read more…
The sun is shining on Princes Street Gardens. The benches are all fully occupied. Children are running around on the grass … And the floral clock is back in position, complete with cuckoo. It must be Summer again. Edinburgh has something of a fascination about ensuring that we know Read more…
As if the Internet were not enormous and degraded enough, there are increasing rumblings in the media and from the UK’s National Crime Agency of a parallel ‘dark net’. In this murky environment it is apparently possible to completely conceal your identity. Perhaps unsurprisingly, a number of immoral and criminal Read more…
So the USA and the UK are, if not exactly friends, now on nodding acquaintance terms with Iran. Perhaps in the global quagmire of international relationships such pragmatic changes of direction are inevitable. Still, it seems we have come a long way from the “axis of evil” days! If we Read more…
A number of news outlets have recently published a photograph of New York taken by the American astronaut Frank Culbertson from the International Space Station on September 11 2001. This shocking image has reawakened for many of us a sense of the horror and impotence that we felt when we Read more…
The horrendous news from Boston over the past week has reignited another round of national soul searching in America. Commentators are falling over one another to express a view on why two apparently normal young men should wish to wreak such havoc on innocent Americans. It is a valid question. Read more…