In 1636 Samuel Rutherford was sent into ‘exile’ in Aberdeen from his congregation in Anworth in the Scottish Borders for a couple of years. Although he was banned from preaching he kept in touch with the people back ‘home’ through a series of letters. These beautiful and pastoral letters are now considered spiritual classics – ‘When we are dead and gone let the world know … Continue reading It’s a Bargain! – (Letters in Exile 1)
I watched with keen interest our First Ministers speech at the SNP conference in Aberdeen last Saturday. I don’t really want to comment on the ins and outs of a potential IndyRef2, or of Brexit and everything else associated with it. There has already been enough said on that and I suspect many are already weary. Rather than offer a political opinion I would like … Continue reading Nicola Sturgeons Speech – A Warning for Scotland
I have an article with the above headline published in The National today. It is in response to a silly piece which tried to equate the Covenanters with ISIS. A piece which was welcomed by the historically illiterate secularist atheists only because it fitted their prejudices. It was a piece greeted with general ridicule by people who actually know anything about the subject (as evidenced by … Continue reading Scots Calvinists were no Tartan Taliban
