David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective
Episodes
Friday Jun 07, 2019
Friday Jun 07, 2019
1) D-Day –
2) The Presidents State Visit –
https://theweeflea.com/2019/06/04/debate-night-reflections-trump-and-strathclyde-uni/
Tiananmen Square. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-42465516
3) Praying for the President. - David Platt –
https://www.mcleanbible.org/prayer-president
4) Hope not Hate - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48488732 -
5) Sudan - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-48505400/sudan-crisis-security-forces-attack-protesters
6) Atheists -
8) Florence Nightingale -
9) Cricket – Afghanistan - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0005mf7
Liverpool – Kloop - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/why-juergen-klopp-keeps-smiling-through-triumph-and-disaster-7dw7chd89?fbclid=IwAR2g7twpuSpmxBfwC7Cbpi2F257cy2ekcLvLc561v5I3moVMfBejgyWdgBM
10) A.S.K - https://theweeflea.com/2019/06/05/in-conversation-with-andy-bannister-a-s-k-and-australia/
Quote of the week –
Stephen Hawking – Heaven is a fairy story for those afraid of the dark
John Lennox – Atheism is a fairy story for those afraid of the light.
Friday May 31, 2019
Friday May 31, 2019
Quantum 44…
- Australian Miracle –
- EU Elections - Boris Johnson.
- Indian and Israeli elections
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-48454514
- Trans Battle –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=7&v=HQ57zai5Cpk
- Naomi Wolf
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/05/naomi-wolfs-book-corrected-by-host-in-bbc-interview.html
Virtual Church -
Todd Coontz
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/stories-47675301
Ancient Churches and the oldest bible manuscript
Chick-Fil- A
https://godtv.com/chick-fil-a-breaks-sunday-rule-to-deliver-to-a-child-with-brain-tumor
“Many persons wish to profit by the name of gentleness, so as to gain the applause and esteem of the world, but at the same time betray truth in a base and shameful manner” Calvin - Commentary on Isaiah 42:3
Friday May 24, 2019
Friday May 24, 2019
- Joel Osteen
- Matt Chandler –
- Steve Chalke –
https://viamedia.news/2019/05/15/unity-has-it-become-a-golden-calf/
- Sinclair Ferguson –
- General Assemblies.
- Durham Church –
- Millenial `evangelicals
- Lucas Moura
https://www.xtheline.co.uk/exclusive-spurs-lucas-moura/?sfns=mo
- Grace City Alight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCr6Vvj3nRo
Friday May 10, 2019
Friday May 10, 2019
Quantum 41 –
1) Prince Archie -
2) Abortion Horror -
3) Persecuting Christians –
https://www.newsweek.com/ayaan-hirsi-alithe-global-war-christians-muslim-world-65817
4) Asia Bibi gone to Canada - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0004yc4/prime-ministers-questions-08052019
5) Islam in Australia https://www.facebook.com/groups/AustralianConservativesParty/permalink/2055151857926085?sfns=mo
6) Folau
Quoting Paul Washer - https://caldronpool.com/all-have-sinned-facebook-remove-christian-sermon-and-suspend-individual-who-shared-it-you-posted-hate-speech/?fbclid=IwAR0-6U1Wx7cVpsMcjYt3sa2npAqtYVhvYC6sCTsNl-5B78fjd34H-ToS5yI (perhaps a wee bit of the sermon in the video?)
Brian Soutar banned - https://archbishopcranmer.com/sir-brian-souter-barred-sponsor-turner-prize/
8) Trans Madness - https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/8992049/primary-school-bans-boys-girls-names-transgender-debate/
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/tax-expert-fired-for-saying-trans-women-aren-t-women-tpqgnm9vj
10) The Death of Rachel Held-Evans - https://www.premierchristianity.com/Blog/Rachel-Held-Evans-1981-2019-The-influential-blogger-who-challenged-the-evangelical-subculture
11) An extraordinary event – Israeli soldiers in Germany –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zA7ihcXGzQ&feature=youtu.be
12) The Champions League - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xykJYYgohSE
Quote of the Week –
Gafcon is a movement “to guard and proclaim the unchanging truth in a changing world.” As we heard this week, many around the world are being tossed back and forth by waves of confusion, and blown by the wind of the latest, fashionable, false doctrine. Many are in desperate need of Jesus, who is the only one who can bring salvation. Please lift up his Church daily in your prayers, pray for us as we seek to lead, and join us in proclaiming Christ faithfully to the nations. https://www.gafcon.org/news/a-communique-from-the-gafcon-primates-council
Friday May 03, 2019
Friday May 03, 2019
1)The Splinternet.
2) The Japanese Emperor
3) Indonesia - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-48083051?ocid=socialflow_twitter
4) Born as a Man - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0004l71
Mary – the weight lifter - https://twitter.com/titaniamcgrath/status/1123442051436228608?s=12
5) Arthur Miller -
6) Greta and Guidance
https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/04/29/we-need-a-grown-up-debate-about-climate-change/
7) ) China - https://twitter.com/pdchina/status/1123062838958780416?s=12
https://www.facebook.com/729895575/posts/10161579877505576?s=771655947&v=i&sfns=mo
8) Leeds – Obesity and Parenting - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-48113843
9) Brexit and Africa - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/foreign-secretary-jeremy-hunt-uk-wants-to-be-partner-of-choice-across-africa
10) Spain, Barcelona and books - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/18/barcelona-school-removes-200-sexist-childrens-books
12) The Quantas Alliance - https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/qantas-bars-religious-leaders-from-lounge/news-story/1eb55e2826ab580f8d69107367736032
Quote of the Week:
“To be sure, this life is not everything; but it is seldom a medical man has true religious views—there is too much pride of intellect.” _ George Elliott – Middlemarch
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Friday Apr 26, 2019
Reporting Terror - https://www.christiantoday.com/article/sri-lankan-tragedy-prejudice-politicians-and-the-press/132275.htm
Giles Fraser https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/21/sri-lanka-attacks-christians-worldwide-persecution-silence
Lyra McKee
Church Growth/Decline?
https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/huge-decline-religious-beliefs-among-16104848
Extinction Rebellion Birthstrike -
Emma Thompson – https://twitter.com/skynews/status/1118908822410682369?s=12
Aberdeen Abortion
https://www.spuc.org.uk/latest-news/31-latest-news/13847-pro-life-student-group-pursues-legal-action
https://www.facebook.com/AbdnLifeEthics/photos/a.175022023296590/397837861015004/?type=1&theater
Trans Intolerance- https://bjgp.org/content/69/681/170
Books Guilty of Whiteness - https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/04/18/nolte-library-journal-comes-out-against-books-guilty-of-whiteness/#
Anti – Islam Posts – Rees Moog - https://twitter.com/jacob_rees_mogg/status/1118916073938718720?s=12
Billy MacNeil – https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/we-wont-see-the-like-of-billy-mcneill-again/
Nick Robinson - Steve Brady…. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p076b7mk
Friday Apr 19, 2019
Friday Apr 19, 2019
1) Sudan Coup - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-47913338
2) Notre Dame –
https://stephenmcalpine.com/a-french-evangelicals-thoughts-on-notre-dame/
3) Indonesia – https://edition.cnn.com/2019/04/16/asia/indonesia-election-2019-polls-open-intl/index.html
4) South Korea and Abortion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47890065?ocid=socialflow_twitter&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter&ns_campaign=bbcnews
4) The Intolerance of Rugby –
- Billy Vunipola - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47909515
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/47869324
https://lawandreligionaustralia.blog/2019/04/14/reflections-on-the-israel-folau-affair/
5) The intolerance of comedy -
https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/barry-humphries-and-the-transgender-thought-police/
6) The intolerance of science. Scientific American - https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/why-we-should-all-use-they-them-pronouns/
7) The intolerance of education - Are libraries white - https://sleung.wordpress.com/2019/04/15/whiteness-as-collections/
Villanova Univeristy – https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/weimar-villanova-billie-murray/
8) The Intolerance of business -
9) The intolerance of government - Sir Roger Scruton - https://quillette.com/2019/04/15/quillette-podcast-27-sir-roger-scruton-on-being-sacked-by-the-british-government-for-politically-incorrect-remarks-about-george-soros-china-and-muslim-immigration/
10) Chinas new airport - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-47914210/what-does-the-world-s-largest-single-building-airport-terminal-look-like
11) Easter
12) Aretha Franklin – Amazing Grace - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkKOIQwTiKE
“The resurrection is the place to begin if you are looking for a satisfying faith on which to base your life. Do not waste a lot of time investigating every religion under the sun....examine the evidence for Jesus instead. If he is risen you need look no further”.
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Friday Apr 12, 2019
Israel - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-47876539
~Facebook ban Conference on Christian Persecution - https://www.spectator.com.au/2019/04/why-is-facebook-censoring-a-conference-on-christianity-and-religious-freedom/?fbclid=IwAR0Xo2OBo1-mf142l2LzfxqoULU2IPgXIywbimzwLfVsW8GrxtBOAnXORIg
Married at First Sight – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ6f9Ipzv7k
`3) China – Harvesting organs – https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2019/04/the-world-cant-ignore-the-accusations-that-china-has-forcibly-harvested-organs/
The Bible in China - https://scottishbiblesociety.org/2019/04/100-years-of-the-chinese-union-version-cuv-bible/
4) Greece – 3 person baby - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47889387
6) Change in divorce law – Baroness Fiona Shackleton – BBC Radio 4 The World at 1 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0003zv4 Right at the beginning -
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47860144
7) UK – Brexit extension - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47889404
8) Queens University and Union – https://theweeflea.com/2019/04/10/queens-intolerance/
9) Brainwashing Teachers https://quillette.com/2019/04/05/what-they-dont-teach-you-at-the-university-of-washingtons-ed-school/
Parents in Revolt -https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ce98623c-5898-11e9-a28c-4153b1332dc6
10) Roger Scruton - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-47880669
11) Pastors Shoes – Introduce it with this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbyAZQ45uww
12) Cultural Marxism - https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/reviews/live-marxs-world-now/
Quote of the week:
Robin Aitken – “Without an understanding of its guiding philosophy we are in dangr of being led blindfold into a way of thinking we have not freely chosen, but have merely absorbed” The Noble Liar
Friday Apr 05, 2019
Friday Apr 05, 2019
1) Ukraine - https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/in-ukraines-presidential-elections-life-is-imitating-netflix/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-47763176
2) Theybies and Childism -
3) Moral Maze – Puritanism –- https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0003jj5
https://www.thenational.scot/news/17538407.bbc-question-time-defends-lgbt-morality-debate/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0003mp9/question-time-2019-28032019
Coeercice and Controlling behaviour - https://twitter.com/scotgov/status/1112655845525995520?s=12
5) New Zealand
7) Restriction on science –
- https://quillette.com/2019/04/01/activists-must-stop-harassing-scientists/
Pseudo Science - https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/03/lying-with-science-a-guide-to-myth-debunking/
8) Melvin Bragg – Unbelievable – https://www.premierchristianradio.com/Shows/Saturday/Unbelievable/Episodes/Unbelievable-Why-William-Tyndale-s-Bible-changed-the-world-Melvyn-Bragg-and-Ben-Virgo?fbclid=IwAR1gG6Qfm2TMYv5kcR2IEIwV3nsY396Ettlqtur1P6O41RhIfVW9x4CeW7o
9) Difference between Americans and British – the Cure - https://twitter.com/stormhuntley/status/1112344763049615361?s=12
“Road unsafe when this sign is under water” (US sign).
Robin Aitken – The Noble Liar – “ our ruling elite in Britain– the politicians, lawyers, academics and media people – view the current state of affairs as a positive thing;”we have banished superstition”, they say, rejoicing at the thought; but there remains a sceptical minority who look at the society brought into being by this type of thinking and see little to admire. The liberal hegemony has created an unhappy society which doesn’t really know what it believes in. And whether you are a supporter of the current orthodoxy or not, here is one thing you can rely on: it is not permanent. The qualities that make Christianity a force to be reckoned with– the truth that wins human hearts and compels belief – will not change, and will go on winning converts to its banner. In the coming years, who is to say whether the old beliefs will not triumph again over the arid fictions of our current noble lie?”
Friday Mar 29, 2019
Friday Mar 29, 2019
New Zealand Mosque – https://twitter.com/johnpaulpagano/status/1110579872932552706?s=12
What is Islamaphobia - https://www.christianconcern.com/our-issues/islam/what-is-islamophobia
Jordan Peterson
China and the Church
Eu and the Internet - https://capx.co/the-eus-censorious-copyright-directive-will-create-two-internets/
China and AI technology - https://www.facebook.com/188625661189259/posts/2377454685639668/
The Mueller inquiry and Justin Smollet - https://www.christianpost.com/news/russia-investigation-complete-mueller-attends-same-church-trump-attended-last-week.html?uid=38b40306c7&utm_source=The+Christian+Post+List&utm_campaign=99cad22efc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_25_04_08&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_dce2601630-99cad22efc-2509241
Treatment of the elderly in the Netherlands - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dutch-legislator-wants-doctors-to-be-able-to-deny-surgeries-to-patients-older-than-70?utm_content=buffere5520&utm_medium=WCDM%2BBuffer&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=WCDM&fbclid=IwAR2XobCBPSLjBHBaVmHo_cd50jXYBf5gbblUt2anURKsWZmAqIFgvp2mM6w
BMA and Assisted dying - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-47641766
Glasgow Uni – Life https://adfinternational.org/news/freedom-of-speech-upheld-at-glasgow-university-following-legal-challenge/
Rape Crisis centre in Canada defunded - https://www.christian.org.uk/news/rape-crisis-centres-funding-axed-over-refusal-to-accommodate-men/?fbclid=IwAR3fYWlHhpCfzRQdu_cn7HgIHI9gNlDWMylZmrczidt6v_zCxGx5xN4lcmc
Chick Fil –A - https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/chick-fil-a-banned-san-antonio-airport-legacy-lgbtq-behavior-report
Scott Walker - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6846697/Scott-Walker-star-Walker-Brothers-dies-aged-76.html?ico=pushly-notifcation-small
Ricky Gervais -
https://theweeflea.com/2017/02/03/ricky-gervais-v-stephen-colbert-the-real-answers-an-open-letter/
“Heaven is a fairy story told for people afraid of the dark”
Stephen Hawking
“Atheism is a fairy story for those afraid of the light” John Lennox