David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective
Episodes
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
|1| Aretha Franklin.
|2| Predator Priests.
|3| Canadian Euthanasia.
|4| Freedom of Expression.
|5| Vicky Beeching on sin.
|6| The Greek Debt Crisis.
STORY LINKS
Aretha Franklin
BBC - Obituary: Aretha Franklin
Predator Priests
RebelPriest - Homosexual predators, not paedophile priests, are Church’s deadly cancer
Reddit - Summary of Pennsylvania Predator Priest Activity
Canadian Euthanasia
National Review - Canadian Hospital Pushes Euthanasia on Disabled Patient
CTV News - Chronically ill man releases audio of hospital staff offering assisted death
Freedom of Expression
Rowan Atkinson on Freedom of Speech
Vicky Beeching on sin
BBC Radio 2 - Jeremy Vine
The Greek Debt Crisis
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
Sunday Aug 19, 2018
|1| Argentina and Abortion
|2| Belgium and Euthanasia
|3| Scandinavia and Immigration
|4| Boris and Diversity
|5| Ely Cathederal and Perth Pride
STORY LINKS
|1| Argentina and Abortion
The Christian Institute | Argentina votes to protect women and unborn children from abortion
Peter D Williams | BBC news clip on Facebook
Nurses Community on Facebook | Clearest MRI scan of a pregnancy
LifeSiteNews.com | Hungary sees abortion numbers plunge with rise of pro-family policies
|2| Belgium and Euthanasia
The Sydney Morning Herald | Belgian children, aged nine and 11, youngest ever to be euthanised
|3| Scandinavia and Immigration
The New York Times | Hand Grenades and Gang Violence Rattle Sweden’s Middle Class
|4| Boris and Diversity
Premier Christian Radio | The News Hour - Thursday 9th August 2018 - 01:00 pm - (ten minutes in ).
Julia Hartley Brewer on Twitter | Talk Radio video clip with Deputy Chief Inspector of the Met
|5| Ely Cathederal and Perth Pride
Rebel Priest | Cathedrals bless Gay Pride proclaiming “diversity” as the new gospel
BBC | Hardtalk with Vicky Beeching (or was it actually softtalk?)
ITV | Musician Vicky Beeching Reveals That She Tried Gay Conversion Therapy | Lorraine
The Reformation Project | Vicky Beeching Keynote at The Reformation Project in Kansas City (From 36 mins)
'I don't like "as a" statements very much, but I thought I'd give a word of encouragement to you Mr Robertson.
As a man who was consumed by LGBT identitarianism for some time at university, who genuinely thought I was gay, and then came to Christ more fully (I kinda had a gnostic-ish belief in what I thought to be the triune Christian God before) through the witness of a specific Church, and who now is engaged (to a kind, Godly and beautiful woman) , I can say that the gospel you preach is far better, kind and loving than any of the Beeching and affirmation crowds.
For me, it angers me deeply when I hear LGBT affirmation from professing Christians, as to me it feels like they want me to shove my face back in my vomit so to speak. Their gospel is one of slavery to ones sel-made identity (read idol), where yours is one of freedom in Christ. I originally wanted for the affirmation arguments to be true, but now I consider them utterly appalling. They effectively deny Christ's power to save us, and create a clean heart in us. A "clean heart" needing to be created after all requires the current heart to be filthy.
And no; I'm not some individual that has been brainwashed by "gay-cure" therapy, which is just the other side of the coin of the heresy that dominates LGBT identitarianism (Pelagianism). I also don't think my experience is universal, the struggle is life-long for most, nor do I think I'm somehow a special Christian, merely one who has been changed by the awesome power and love of God. The call from Christ is a love that preaches self-denial (Mark, Luke and Matthew all have Jesus telling people to "deny" themselves in order to "follow" Him Matthew 16:24, Luke 9:23, Mark 8:34) not of self acceptance as Beeching espouses. Jesus destroyed the false God in my heart and changed my nature. I'm not perfect by any means (there is still sin in my heart in thought, word and deed that pops up), but I know God can change anyone, for He did change and is changing me.'
Saturday Aug 11, 2018
Saturday Aug 11, 2018
|1| Boris and the Burka.
|2| Sarah Champion.
|3| Germaine Greer.
|4| Australian Drought.
|5| Chinese Church.
|6| Bill Hybels.
|7| Lawrence Krauss.
|8| Augustine.
LINKS:
Boris and the Burka
BBC Radio 4 | PM - Tue 7 Aug 2018
Order-Order.com | Ken Clarke: Burka is a "Peculiar Costume", "A kind of bag."
Order-Order.com | Emily Thornberry - I wouldn't let a woman in a burka look after my child
ArchbishopCranmer.com | No, Ruth Davidson: the burqa is a world away from a crucifix
Sarah Champion
The Spectator | Brendan O'Neil: Why won’t the left speak up for Sarah Champion?
Germaine Greer
BBC Radio 4 | Any Questions - Fri 3 Aug 2018
Australian Drought
BBC Radio 4 | PM - Wed 8 Aug 2018
Chinese Church
Associated Press | For God or Party? - Christian heartland opens window into fight for China’s soul
Bill Hybels
The New York Times | He’s a Superstar Pastor. She Worked for Him and Says He Groped Her Repeatedly.
The New York Times | Willow Creek Church’s Top Leadership Resigns Over Allegations Against Bill Hybels
Lawrence Krauss
Arizona Republic | Renowned ASU professor Lawrence Krauss ousted from post after sex misconduct claims
Sciencemag.org | University finds prominent astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss grabbed a woman’s breast
Quote of the Week…
"What to I love when I love my God? Not physical beauty, fading charm, splendour of earthly light (so precious to our eyes), fair melodies of harmony and song, odours of flowers, incense, spices, manna or honey, a body we can embrace with physical delight. It is these things I love when I love my God. Yet, when I love him, I love a certain sort of light, and a voice, incense, food, embrace; but they are of the sort I love deep in my inner being, where my soul is steeped in a light no place can contain – listen to a voice that never fades away with time – breathes an incense no gust of wind can carry away – tastes a food that never runs out through being eaten – clutches an embrace that doesn't dissolve through desires fulfillment. That is what I love when I love my God.
But what is my God? I asked this question to the earth. It answered "I am not God". Everything on earth said the same. I asked the sea, the abysses of the deep, and the life-forms that creep in them, but they replied, "we are not your God. See what is above us". I spoke to the blowing wind; but the entire atmosphere and all that lives in it replied, "I am not God". Then I asked sky, sun, moon, stars; but they told me, "we are not the God you seek". I spoke to everything around me, all that my senses revealed to me, and I said, "seeing that you are not my God, tell me about him. Tell me something of my God!" In a loud clear voice they replied "God is the one who made us". I put these questions simply by looking on these things, and their beauty was the only answer they gave.
Augustine - Confessions – Ch. 10
Saturday Aug 04, 2018
Saturday Aug 04, 2018
1 | The Politics of Fear.
2 | Treating Adults like Children and Children like Adults.
3 | The gender madness continues…..
4 | The Attraction of Something you have no knowledge of.
5 | Angel Feathers.
6 | The Heresy Line – Rob Bell's Interview on Premier Christianity.
The Politics of Fear
Spiked - Brendan O'Neill | The Remainer politics of fear has become unhinged
Treating Adults like Children and Children like Adults.
Children in Scotland - Children and Young People's Panel on Europe (Jun 2018 - Dec 2018)
The gender madness continues…..
BBC Radio 4 | PM - 1st August 2018
The Attraction of Something you have no knowledge of -
John Anderson | Facebook Clip from Conversations: with Niall Ferguson
Full Interview - Conversations: Featuring Niall Ferguson MA, D.Phil, Senior Fellow, Stanford University
Angel Feathers
Trent Vineyard | Guest Speaker - Chad Norris - Evening service - 15th July 2018
The heresy line – Rob Bell's Interview on Premier….
The Wee Flea | Sound the Alarm – Bell (a review of Rob Bell’s Premier Interview)
Premier Christianity | The Rob Bell interview: Losing his audience, finding a new one and why he’s still preaching
Saturday Jul 28, 2018
Saturday Jul 28, 2018
Wha's like us? The Future of Scottish Values
What do SNP MP Ian Blackford's recent comments on Scottish values, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon's speech on values at Glasgow Pride and a Roman Catholic priest being sacked by Glasgow Caledonian University tell us about the rising tide of secular authoritarianism in Scotland? With David Robertson.
LINKS
BBC Radio 4 | Any Questions - Friday 13th July 2018
The SNP on Twitter | Nicola Sturgeon - Scotland's values are those of tolerance, diversity, respect and love
BBC | University chaplain removed after holding service to atone for Gay Pride event
The Spectator | Mary Wakefield - Why dismiss a Catholic priest for being Catholic?
Amazon | David Goodhart - The Road to Somewhere: The New Tribes Shaping British Politics
Sunday Jul 22, 2018
Sunday Jul 22, 2018
Vicky Beeching, Steve Chalke and the danger of the proposed ban on Conversion Therapy
The Wee Flea | Undivided – An Open Letter to Vicky Beeching
The Wee Flea | The Soft and Hard Intimidation of the Church – A revealing 24 Hours….
ITV News | 'Gay Cure Therapy' - Paul Brand & Vicky Beeching - Monday 2nd July 2018
Sky News | Vicky Beeching discusses her new book UNDIVIDED, 18th June 2018
Steve Chalke | Chalke Talk 36 - Banning conversion therapy is still in danger of missing the heart of the issue
Twitter Abuse standards in Scottish Politics
The National | North Ayrshire Tory councillors quit Twitter after row over offensive posts
The Dundee Courier | Children’s convener issues climbdown over expletive-laden Twitter outbursts
NHS Doctor fired for not using transgender pronouns
ITV This Morning | Doctor Who Refuses to Acknowledge Gender Choice Challenged by Trans Woman
Mamamia.com.au | One word ended Dr David Mackereth’s 26-year career. Now he wants to have his say.
US Episcopal Church expands Gay Marriage
The CHristian Post | Episcopal Church Expands Gay Marriage to All Dioceses Where Bishops Object
Sadiq Khan and Free Speech
BBC | The Andrew Marr Show 15/07/2018
Premier | Blackpool Transport bans Franklin Graham event ads
Sir Cliff Richard and the BBC
BBC | Cliff Richard: Singer wins BBC privacy case at High Court
Dennis Prager and Ben Shapiro
The Daily Wire | Sunday Special Ep 10: Dennis Prager
Unemployed Angels
Angel Seer, Lorna Byrne at the Marble Collegiate Church in NYC
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Saturday Jul 14, 2018
Trump's in town - The Wee Flea - President Trump’s Welcome to Scotland
US Judge Kavanaugh - New York Times - Senate Democrats Come Out Swinging in Long-Shot Fight to Block Kavanaugh
England Came Home - Football and Politics - Paul Watson showing up the insanity and folly of the culture we live in.
Diversity and Identity Politics - Meeting officials from the Scottish Goverment
Terry Gilliam on Diversity - "I no longer want to be a white male, I don’t want to be blamed for everything wrong in the world: I tell the world now I’m a black lesbian... My name is Loretta and I’m a BLT, a black lesbian in transition.”
World Health Organisation - C-Fam - Transgender No Longer Listed as Disorder by World Health Organization
LBGT in Schools - The Christian Institute - Parents object to school LGBT event, prompting climbdown
House of Commons Speaker John Bercow - Pink News - Speaker John Bercow: LGBT rights ‘must trump’ religious freedom
The Philippine President - The Sacramento Bee - Duterte vows to resign if anybody can prove God exists
Thai Cave Rescue - The Australian - Thai cave rescue seals escape then the pumps failed
Cosmosolgist Carlos Frenk - BBC - Desert Island Discs - Professor Carlos Frenk
Monday Mar 19, 2018
Monday Mar 19, 2018
Stephen Hawking
BBC - Stephen Hawking on God, artificial intelligence and mankind's future
Abortion in Ireland
http://www.save8.ie/
https://rallyforlife.net/march-save-8th/
Suppression of Free Speech
Christian Institue - Bristol uni students want to ban feminists saying ‘men aren’t women’
Dawkins and the Cannibalism Taboo
National Review - Dawkins Wants to Eat Human ‘Meat’
David Suchet
The Wee Flea - David Suchet has fallen for the trap of believing doctrine is divisive and doesn’t matter
Monday Mar 05, 2018
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Tuesday Feb 27, 2018
Billy Graham has passed on to glory and BBC Radio Scotland chose to cover this news in a rather surprising and interesting way that revealed one of the key issues that plagues the church in Scotland as a whole. If we have different gospels, do we not have different religions? David Robertson and Al Smith are joined in the studio by Nick Franks of Counterfeit Vlog to talk about Good Morning Scotland's coverage of the news of the death of Billy Graham.
LINKS
- BBC Radio Scotland - Good Morning Scotland 22 Feb 2018 54 minutes into the programme
- Billy Graham - The Cross