Category: The Record

Britain, Culture, Equality, Media, Newspaper/Magazine Articles, Sex and sexuality, The Record

Emotional Women and Rational Men – Why I’m Coming Out as Binary

Did you know that being a man means that you are “competitive, ambitious, independent, rational, tough, sexual, confident, dominant, taking risks and caring about your work? Or that being a woman means that you are “nurturing, caring, social, emotional, vulnerable and concerned with appearance.” No – this is not out of some 1950’s traditionalist uber right-wing Christian fundamentalist manual for relationships.  This is bang up … Continue reading Emotional Women and Rational Men – Why I’m Coming Out as Binary

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Britain, Culture, Media, The Free Church, The Record

Speaking Up – The September Record

The September Record is coming out this week…here is the cover, table of contents and lead article.  You can purchase it from your church, the Free Church offices or online. Speaking Up With the rapid retreat from any form of Christian values in today’s ‘progressive’ Scotland, the question arises as to what the Church can or should do about it. Sadly, the confusion in the … Continue reading Speaking Up – The September Record

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The Church in Scotland, The Free Church, The Record, Theology

Is the Free Church Cessationist?

A few months ago one of the writers in The Record, Dayspring Macleod, mentioned that the Free Church was not cessationist. This raised a few eyebrows and prompted a couple of people to get in touch asking me to deal with her error. The trouble is that both those who got in touch, and Day were right. Cessationism is the view that the apostolic spiritual … Continue reading Is the Free Church Cessationist?

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Christianity, Culture, Evangelism, Jesus Christ, Newspaper/Magazine Articles, Scotland, The Church in Scotland, The Free Church, The Record, Uncategorized

Does Scotland Need Another Billy Graham?

  This is the editorial from the June Record.  You can purchase a digital copy here – for the ridiculous price of £1.50 (or equivalent).  Watching the BBC documentary ‘Six Weeks to Save the World’, about Billy Graham, was utterly fascinating. The 1950s was a different era and a very different Scotland. The majority of people were associated with the church, and holding a six-week … Continue reading Does Scotland Need Another Billy Graham?

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Prayer, Scotland, The Church in Scotland, The Free Church, The Record

The Apostate Free Church?

The May Record is now out – you can get a digital copy here for pennies! – Why not sign up for a year – only £18…..and pass the word on to others.  The lead article was really hard to write….I attach it below.  There is an excellent interview with Simon Manchester… The Apostate Free Church  As we head towards another couple of important General … Continue reading The Apostate Free Church?

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The Free Church, The Record

End of Trial – Murdo Murchison – A Prince is Fallen in Israel

My heart is heavy and sore.  We have just finished preparing  the latest extract of Murdo Murchison’s  “One Good Owner’ for the May Record.   Then this morning the simple message came:  “Murdo has gone home”. I have lost a faithful friend and brother; someone who I admired and loved deeply.  As have others.  It is a sore lost for the church of Christ in Scotland.  … Continue reading End of Trial – Murdo Murchison – A Prince is Fallen in Israel

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Australia, Culture, Newspaper/Magazine Articles, Politics, The Free Church, The Record

The Eye of the Storm – The Transgender Backlash and the Timing of the Lord

The Lords timing is perfect! In the providence of God it appears as though he has arranged for myself and Annabel to head on sabbatical at just the right time.  As the son of The Beast from the East arrives in the UK we will be heading East to Australia.  Its not just the physical storm we will be leaving.  I am deeply conscious of the … Continue reading The Eye of the Storm – The Transgender Backlash and the Timing of the Lord

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Britain, Christian Living, Education, Equality, Ethics, Jesus Christ, Media, News reports, Politics, The Record

The March Record – Cover, Contents and Controversy…

  The March Record  is now out.  You can order copies from your local Free Church or the Free Church offices – or from any Christian bookshop that stocks it.  You can now also get it online for a bargain £1.50 (or your currency equivalent)….Click on the Issuu link here –  There is some great content… including James Eglinton’s article in The Times, Murdo Murchison, A … Continue reading The March Record – Cover, Contents and Controversy…

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The Record

Does the Free Church Have a Future? (editorial for Feb Record)….And a Free Copy of the new Digital Record

    This is the editorial from the Feb edition of The Record We know that the Church of Jesus Christ will ultimately be victorious. The gates of Hell shall not prevail. The Bridegroom will have his bride. But that does not guarantee that any particular church will not have its lampstand removed. So whilst we rejoice at the growth of the church throughout the … Continue reading Does the Free Church Have a Future? (editorial for Feb Record)….And a Free Copy of the new Digital Record

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