An Important Election Yesterday there was an important election which took place in Scotland. It was much closer than expected although the result turned out to be the same. The Scottish Episcopal Church voted to change its rules on marriage and to redefine marriage so that they can perform same-sex marriages. In one sense this … More An Important Vote – The SEC on SSM
A Report on the 2017 Decision to Permit Same Sex Marriage Much to no-ones surprise, the Church of Scotland General Assembly has just voted to accept the Theological Forum’s report which changes the Churches definition of marriage to include same sex marriages and to apologise to gay people for their previous understanding. I know there … More The Secularisation of the Church of Scotland – What Really Happened at the Assembly?
“The Truth of God and the Lie of Lust” Last Sunday morning I preached a sermon that in one sense I did not want to preach, and in another was desperate to preach. I did not want to preach on Romans 1:24-27 because of the sensitivity of the subject for many people present, because … More What the Bible Really Says About Sex and Sexuality
Hour 1: Are Christians Intolerant? Are Christians intolerant? Are they homophobic? Is gay sex a sin? How do we, as followers of Christ, answers these questions in a post-truth world? What does the Bible say and how should we say what the Bible says on this thorny topic? Join us for a timely, compassionate and truthful conversation … More Are Christians Intolerant? Janet Parshall Show
Here is the latest Solas ‘Short’ – you can access it on Youtube, Facebook and on the Solas Short Answers This also ties in with my article on Tim Farron – Is Gay Sex a Sin?
It’s apparently the burning question of the British General Election. Our society is obsessed with sex, and especially homosexuality. Or at least our journalists give that appearance. They seem to think that it is their responsibility and duty to ask any politician who is a Christian what they think of gay sex. Of … More Is Gay Sex a Sin?
This article was published on Premier Christian Website in response to Tim Farron’s recent comments re gay sex. A number of years ago we warned that the whole issue of sexuality had become the religion of our contemporary society and the shibboleth question. At first we were told that accepting the current liberal absolutist morality would be voluntary, … More Another One Bites the Dust – Tim Farron’s comments on gay sex
On Sunday the 8th the Sunday Herald ran a ridiculous piece about the TIE campaign and Transgender rights, where it did not deal with the issues and killed any sensible discussion with the headline ‘Christian Right accused of whipping up trans-panic’. Although I was not allowed an article as a right of reply, they did … More Debate About Gender Issues – Letter in The Sunday Herald
This is the final part of my talk given to the Solas conference on Society and Sexuality. Where are we going? If we take away humanity made in the image of God, if we try to re-image according to our own imaginations, then we will continue to go down this road to hell. CS … More The Re-Imaging of Humanity – Part 5 – Where Are We Heading?
This past week I became aware of a couple of major churches and at least one significant evangelical Christian organisation who are burying their heads in the sand on the revolution that is taking place in our society. For them it is too controversial and not nice. Whilst they won’t take an anti-scriptural position, neither … More The Re-Imaging of Humanity – Part 4 – The Impact on Society
