David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective
Episodes
Friday Jan 03, 2020
Friday Jan 03, 2020
- Climate Change https://www.bbc.com/weather/features/50966478
- The Backlash against Trans –….https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/12/in-just-a-few-words-jk-rowling-has-changed-the-transgender-debate/
- China - https://www.christianpost.com/news/china-early-rain-church-pastor-wang-yi-sentenced-to-9-years-in-prison.html
- Anti-Semitism - https://nypost.com/2019/12/28/suspects-released-without-bail-after-shocking-attacks-on-jews/
- President Trump will be reelected.
- Iran and the US will come close to war…https://www.bcom/news/world-middle-east-50966958
- Nicola Sturgeon will go….https://www.facebook.com/200786289976224/posts/2744630108925150/
- Britain will leave the EU – and little will change.
- Euthanasia will become the buzz issue for ‘progressives’ in the West - https://alexschadenberg.blogscom/2019/12/canadian-society-of-palliative-care.html
- The decline in the Church in the West will continue.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZmS81yLjMg
A time for optimism - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ignore-the-pessimists-there-has-never-been-a-better-time-to-look-on-the-bright-side-of-life-zr2n9c8ph
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Sunday Dec 29, 2019
Quantum 74 – Review of the Year
A Year of Fear, Fires and Faith…..
1) Australia’s burning and Greta’s speech - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVlRompc1yE
2) Brexit and Boris’s - https://twitter.com/darrengrimes_/status/1209065367349481472?s=12
3) The Trans Madness intensified….
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-50854359/the-studios-teaching-trans-women-how-to-be-more-feminine
Julie Bindal - https://thecritic.co.uk/issues/january-2020/triumph-of-the-trans-lobbyists/
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the-end-of-transmania-or-the-end-of-reason/133873.htm
4) The Year of Woke – Barwick Green - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNEawM6vZf4
5) China and Hong Kong – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhOgqL_zk7c
6) The US and President Trump – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2y2hil4L3o
7) Persecution of Christians - https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-war-against-africas-christians-11576880200?fbclid=IwAR27LHvyNu8dm0jrA93iyc2CB1AvwVQYBiWtrhlzzRJOUoidBSrKe-kFgcE
8) France burns – first 30 secs of this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLMnzRi8hdU
9) Notre Dame Burns…- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6EHebVgSUE
10) Best Story of the year – https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7805759/Young-plane-passenger-gives-class-seat-88-year-old-woman.html
Song of the Year – Peat and Diesel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo2zuDxqf6A&fbclid=IwAR2OixZQKsTcW3FcbaPRMDbZ0Ore1s627_j170hYI3-78aLZxtXbMAr_jko
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
- Away in a Manger –
- Netflix and Mocking Movie about Jesus….
- China v. Arsenal -
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/50799009
5) Kanye v. Handal
6) Working Class Tories –
7) What is Government for? 2 minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPsHfVCFLhU&feature=youtu.be
8) Rumania change –
9) FairyTale of Stornoway
10) Joy to the World –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xo64Q2ucQ8
Saturday Dec 14, 2019
Saturday Dec 14, 2019
Election
https://www.podbean.com/ei/dir-hewy7-766892c
Jo Swinson – Puberty blocker firms – could not define what a woman is – play the first bit of this….https://twitter.com/bbc5live/status/1203973870056660992?s=12
Greta Thunberg – https://twitter.com/gretathunberg/status/1204728167782588416?s=12
Banana Art – https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-50704136
Wexford Christmas Carol –
Keller “If Jesus Christ was really raised from the dead – if he is really the Son of God and you believe in him – all these things that you long for most desperately will come true at last. We will escape time and death. We will know love without parting, we will even communicate with non-human beings (think angels0, and we will see evil defeated forever”.
Friday Dec 06, 2019
Friday Dec 06, 2019
1) Is this Christmas? …https://genius.com/Bing-crosby-its-beginning-to-look-like-christmas-lyrics
2) Australian values
But on the other hand…..The Medevac law - https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-50653195
3) European Values - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bxk9 From 38 min to 39:38 – European one who is nostalgic for Europe.
4) Angela Merkel - https://twitter.com/niall_gooch/status/1199998496386015233?s=20
5) Chinese Values – https://www.christianpost.com/news/china-monitoring-mobile-phones-blocking-harmful-words-like-almighty-god.html?uid=38b40306c7
7) UK Values – The London Attack.
8) Scottish Values - https://www.scotsman.com/education/scottish-schools-transgender-event-cancelled-amid-fears-for-speakers-safety-1-5055656
Friday Nov 29, 2019
Friday Nov 29, 2019
1) The Chief Rabbi ….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtRwWjhY_Pg
2) Democratic Governor and Downs - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dem-governor-vetoes-pennsylvania-ban-on-aborting-down-syndrome-babies
Archbishop of Canterbury - https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1196762483865853952?s=12The Archbishop and Abortion;
3) Google and FB ban Christians
https://www.donaldmacleod.org.uk/dm/new-blog-post-4/
4) Christine Jardine – Lib dem foreign affairs spokesperson -55 minutes….for 90 seconds – up to the point ask yourself why they are at the refuge…https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000blvz
https://spectator.us/finally-transracial-community-gaining-recognition/
5) Theme Tune from Game of Thrones – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdQ3JDLlmPI
6) Electric Cars – play this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im3JzxlatUs
7) Kanye outreach – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T58tRXzjC7c&list=PLPRWtKgY2MOsLn_JUJyzEczn5T7xoDvzt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF4Z6smOrZw
George Orwell – Animal Farm.
"Friend of fatherless!
Fountain of happiness!
Lord of the swill-bucket!
Oh, how my soul is on
Fire when I gaze at thy
Calm and commanding eye,
Like the sun in the sky,
Comrade Napoleon!
Thou art the giver of
All that thy creatures love,
Full belly twice a day, clean straw to roll upon;
Every beast big and small
Sleeps at peace in his stall,
Thou watchest over all,
Comrade Napoleon!
Friday Nov 22, 2019
Friday Nov 22, 2019
1) Simon Cheng – https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-50481937/simon-cheng-former-uk-consulate-worker-says-he-was-tortured-in-china
2) Gillets Jaunes – https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/11/15/gilets-jaunes-the-french-insurrection-one-year-on/
3) Christianity and Politics. Greg Sheridan https://iview.abc.net.au/show/drum/series/0/video/NC1907H199S00
4) The USA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPhWR4d3FJQ
Chick Fil A - https://www.businessinsider.com.au/chick-fil-a-ending-donations-criticized-by-lgbtq-activists-2019-11?r=US&IR=T
4) UK Election - https://www.bbc.com/news/av/election-2019-50438532/general-election-2019-what-to-look-out-for-on-lgbt-issues
5) Race self Identification - https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/universities-spark-outrage-claim-white-20903536
6) Prince Andrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUSbdplroIA
8) The Good Place - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-Xh3beSdIA
10) ACDC Bon Scott - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sUXMzkh-jI
We are combining conservative theology with radical ecclesiology. We are looking for porous ways of bringing people in at the boundaries. (Steve McAlpine – page 281).
Friday Nov 15, 2019
Friday Nov 15, 2019
1) Australia’s burning – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RleBEPIW9eY
2) Evo Morales - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hk2_tnJBCpk
3) Spain - T
4) Hong Kong -
5) Harry Billinge - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7tnfrv-ywQ&feature=emb_logo From about 9:10
6) Rev Richard Cameron - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSakGB1u9mw
7) South Australia -
8) How many genders are there? https://www.christianpost.com/news/berkeley-students-answer-how-many-genders-are-there-in-viral-video.html?uid=38b40306c7&utm_source=The+Christian+Post+List&utm_campaign=b987dfb8f8-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_11_13_05_18&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dce2601630-b987dfb8f8-2509241
9) Romanian Professor fired – https://www.disrn.com/2019/11/08/it-felt-like-i-was-living-under-communism-again-columbia-professor-resigns-saying-school-is-becoming-communist/?fbclid=IwAR0b8fB4F2pM7J0RK5KprvBW0rS7-RD8hYcNplyEEP0q6DLoeuxdfxfS9dE
Quote of the Week
“They who go forth to fight, boasting of their prowess, shall return with their gay banners trailed in the dust, and their armour stained with disgrace” CH Spurgeon – Morning and Evening – November 4th
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Friday Nov 08, 2019
1) Kanye West -
2) Paula White
https://twitter.com/i/status/1191495086581792768
3) Constitutional Abortion?
4) Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lfwkTsJGYA&feature=youtu.be
5_ Q and A - https://twitter.com/qanda/status/1191314362293608448?s=12
6_ Polygamy is next - https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1187513115795165184?s=12
7)) https://summit.news/2019/09/15/ohio-college-normalizes-pedophilia-as-a-sexual-orientation/
https://www.disrn.com/2019/10/24/royal-new-zealand-navy-releases-gender-neutral-grooming-standards/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7651383/Transgender-road-crossing-unveiled-Holland.html
7) Union Berlin - https://www.bbc.com/sport/av/football/50267677
8) South African Rugby
https://sportgomag.com/discovering-the-saving-power-of-christ-siya-kolisi/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDqTENtNvKQ&list=RDSDqTENtNvKQ&start_radio=1
Walking alongside a spiritual mentor, I’ve been able to discover the truth and saving power of Christ in a whole new way. This new life has given me a peace in my heart I’d never experienced before. Now that I have given everything to God, nothing else affects me. I now live and play with the freedom of knowing His plan will always happen, and at the end of the day, that’s all I care about!” Siya Kolasi
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
1) All You need is Law…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofsncCF9O_U&t=1154s
2) The Madness of Universities.
UK University bows to Chinese Government.
American Universities funded by Muslim governments - https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/muslim-nations-are-donating-huge-amounts-to-american-universities-heres-why?utm_content=buffer73688&utm_medium=WCDM%2BBuffer&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=WCDM&sfns=mo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9SiRNibD14 - Science must fail. The first 30 seconds.
https://www.classicfm.com/music-news/oxford-university-clapping-ban-jazz-hands/?sfns=mo
The Sound of Silence - the first minute of this.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4
3) British Election and Voting Age - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/dec/06/give-six-year-olds-the-vote-says-cambridge-university-academic
David Bowie and the Internet -
https://twitter.com/i/status/1187755253510348801
President Obama - https://twitter.com/i/status/1189349299118727168
https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/10/25/chick-fil-a-scotland-macdonald-aviemore-hotel-reading/
All Queensland children to be taught they were not born male or female. https://www.acl.org.au/mr_qld_gender?fbclid=IwAR1wDJ7ELcvxQiavfEmxuTPag3AnMASoadwy0EGUtdsVJJB-2p1n7FZGCoE
Kanye West
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgLOv36an3s&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR364w6lUmJ3bNARB0G6gGGbyDbFEVRRqpnW2HJEVkLUN_qahvwsczwjFtM From 8:30 -10:00 min
https://murraycampbell.net/2019/10/26/kanye-wests-new-music-language/
https://variety.com/2019/music/reviews/kanye-west-jesus-is-king-review-1203384481/
“Some forms of stupidity require a very high IQ” Simon Manchester.
"The US economic system is free enterprise for the poor and socialism for the rich.". Gore Vidal.