What does it mean?

What does it mean?

When I was in my late teens one of the youth leaders rather than buy a fancy car bought a minibus. It meant that after youth club on a Friday night a bunch of us could pile into the minibus and head to someone’s house to hang out. It was on these Friday nights, which...
What does it mean?

Why Did Jesus Die?

Of first importance Tom Holland’s magisterial volume Dominion demonstrates the profound influence of Christianity on Western civilisation, and has the sub-title, ‘The Making of the Western Mind’.  The very first page of the first chapter describes the extreme horror...
What does it mean?

Who do you say I am?

Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and even Vladimir Putin command the headlines in 2024. Yet, I am convinced, their celebrity and status will wane. Few names survive the test of time. Yet the influence of Jesus of Nazareth is increasing globally after 2000 years. Arguably...
What’s the time Mr Wolf?

Our Daily Bread

After the joy and excitement of the baptism last Sunday, the week, we return to the joy and excitement of the Lord’s Prayer as our sermon topic. While part of the purpose of the blog is to look ahead to Sunday, it is worth noting a couple of things (a fraction of QPBC...
What’s the time Mr Wolf?

True story

The biopic is making a comeback. The superhero franchise is on the wane and biographical films of ordinary heroes and villains and all their human shortcomings are in the ascendency. My nominations for best picture are as follows: Oppenheimer, One Life, She Said and...
What’s the time Mr Wolf?

At its best?

I’m writing this on Wednesday and the acute angle of the wintery sun is bathing the red sandstone of Niddrie Square in a wonderful light. It is, in my opinion, on clear wintery days like this that Glasgow looks at its best. But Did you sense there was a but coming?...