David Robertson discusses faith, culture and politics from a Christian perspective
Episodes
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
Tuesday Jun 13, 2017
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Spiked!It’s official: It's official. You’re not allowed to say ‘Islamist extremism’
Gov.uk - PM statement following London terror attack: 4 June 2017
Spectator Coffee House Blogs - Labour's abortion stance is the final straw
The Christian Institute - Farmer banned from market for supporting traditional marriage
The Spectator - Do Penises cause climate change? Discuss.
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SOLAS Magazine - www.solasmagazine.com
Tuesday May 23, 2017
Tuesday May 23, 2017
- Zimbabwean Pastor eaten by Crocodile
- Ian Brady's Humanist funeral request
- Stephen Fry and Blasphemy
- President Macron of France
- Will President Trump be impeached?
- Hillary Clinton: Abortion is 'right and moral’
- Obama's £2.5 mil speech
- Jakarta's Christian governor found guilty of blasphemy
- Transgender Police Caps
- The Rubbish Party
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HeraldScotland - Fake news story takes hold of major national newspapers
Premier Christianity - Ian Brady's humanist beliefs show why atheists need to own up to their own fake news
Mashable.com - Viral story about the pastor eaten by crocodiles is so, so fake
Spectator Blogs - Macron is president – but he starts out under a deep cloud of suspicion
The Christian Institute - Hillary Clinton: Abortion is 'right and moral’
Express.co.uk - Bit rich? Barack Obama 'to pocket £2.5million for sold-out speech in Milan today'
Al Jazeera - Ahok: Indonesia's religious tolerance on trial?
The Telegaph - Police swap helmets for caps to attract more transgender officers
MORE FROM SOLAS
SHORT/ANSWERS - www.solas-cpc.org/shortanswers
SOLAS Magazine - www.solasmagazine.com
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Tuesday May 09, 2017
Solas Magazine - The new edition is out now.
The UK General Election and the dumbing down of politics.
President Trump relaxes tax laws for churches endorsing political candidates.
Why Religious Liberty matters.
Tim Farron - Is gay sex a sin?
Chinese Fishing
Church of Scotland General Assembly.
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The Wee Flea - Is Gay Sex a sin?
Short Answers 16 - Why are Christians such homophobic bigots?
The New York Times - China’s Appetite Pushes Fisheries to the Brink
Church of Scotland "Constrained Difference" - The C of S Theological Forum Report
Herald Scotland - Kirk in landmark apology over 'long history' of gay discrimination
David Robertson - A Last Minute Plea to our Brothers and Sisters in the Church of Scotland - The Free Church Record - Editorial – May 2017
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
Tuesday Apr 18, 2017
The Copt Massacre - An extraordinary response.
CopticDadAndMom.com - A message to those who kill us (Fr. Boules George)
Syrian Bombing
African migrants sold in Libya 'slave markets'
IOM - The UN Migration Agency - IOM Learns of 'Slave Market' Conditions Endangering Migrants in North Africa
Sex for Rent
Prep HIV Drug
Funding abortion propaganda
Daily Mail - Fury as pro-choice activist is handed £500,000 of taxpayers' cash to write a book on abortion
Peter Singer - rape of disabled might be ok
End of Gender specific awards
Breastfeeding unnatural
The American Conservative - Rod Dreher: Now Breastfeeding Is Unnatural?
University Essays marked down
The Telegraph - University students told essays will be marked down if they fail to use 'gender-sensitive' language
Prof. Dr Jordan Peterson defunded
Scottish University Freedoms
The Reformation
Saturday Apr 08, 2017
Saturday Apr 08, 2017
Fake News Ban in Germany
Washington Post - How do you stop fake news? In Germany, with a law.
Fairy Tales in Australia
NHS Scotland on Gender
Christian Institute - NHS Scotland: ‘Ditch boys and girls, kids can be gender fluid’
CentralSexualHealth.org - Guidance for Schools - Supporting transgender and gender variant children and young people.
Mike Pence's Marriage
Stream.org - Ladies, Would You Rather Be Married to Mike Pence, or Anthony Weiner?
Cadbury Easter Eggs and the Humanist Society Scotland
The Wee Flea - Eggasperating the Humanists
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Thursday Apr 06, 2017
Andy Bannnister joins Al Smith in the studio for an update on what's happening within the Solas ministry.
Saturday Mar 25, 2017
Saturday Mar 25, 2017
The Attack in Westminster and some social media reactions.
Archbishop Cranmer: Julia Hartley-Brewer: it’s “bloody stupid beliefs” like prayer which help create acts of terrorism
The Death of Martin McGuinness
BBC Talkback - Baroness Eileen Paisley on the death of Martin McGuinness
The Telegraph - Martin McGuinness dies at 66: Queen to send private message to widow of former IRA commander
The Scottish Model for Prostitution
Scottish Government tries to criminalise emotional abuse in relationships
The Herald: Iain Macwhirter: Bill on emotional abuse is fraught with danger
Mother and Son becoming Father and Daughter
Transgender rapist moved to women's prison after sex change
Tim Keller and Princeton
Religion News Service - Princeton Theological Seminary reverses decision to honor Redeemer’s Tim Keller
Chuck Berry
Tuesday Mar 21, 2017
Tuesday Mar 21, 2017
#ScotRef #IndyRef2
Mensch on belief and evidence
Frankie Boyle and Celebrity Atheists
BBC on Facebook - "It's like getting no mayonnaise in your chicken Zinger and blaming it on Colonel Sanders."
Frankie Boyle on why he's putting celebrity atheists into #Room101.
Tracey Ullman and Baptism
BBC iPlayer - Tracey Ullman's Show - series 2 - Episode 5
The baptism clip is about 16 minutes in.
European Court and Religious Clothing
Thomas Aquinas
Other articles worthwhile reading
Saturday Mar 11, 2017
Saturday Mar 11, 2017
David Robertson brings a Christian perspective to some of the recent messages that are being conveyed through the media.
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Gigamansions
CNBC - Take a peek inside the most expensive home for sale in the US
The Telegraph - America's priciest mega-mansion on sale for $250 million, and you get the helicopter from Airwolf
The Spectator - What explains the idiocy of the liberal elite its their education.
Jenni Murray, the BBC and Feminism v Transgenderism
Sunday Times (paywall) - Jenni Murray: Be trans, be proud — but don’t call yourself a “real woman”
BBC - Radio 4's Jenni Murray criticised over trans women article
Sensitivity Readers
Slate - Is My Novel Offensive?
Christians being driven from public life
The Spectator - People of faith are being driven from public life.
Facebook reports the BBC to the UK Police for sharing sexualised images of children on Facebook with Facebook!
(Yes you read that correctly.)
BBC - Facebook failed to remove sexualised images of children
Russell Brand Talks Sex, Softcore & Hardcore Porn
Life Site News - Russell Brand just destroyed porn in one of the most jaw-droppingly awesome rants ever
Ben Carson
The Daily Wire - Outraged Celebrities Apologize After Finding Out Obama Said Almost Exactly What Ben Carson Did About Slaves--Oh Wait
Holland - 4% of all deaths in the Netherlands in 2015 were Euthanasia.
Dutch Health and Justice ministers are proposing legislation for assisted suicide for those who feel their ‘life is complete should be allowed to finish that life in a manner dignified for them.'
Saturday Mar 04, 2017
Saturday Mar 04, 2017
Prior to the 2017 Oscars, all the directors nominated in the foreign language film category issued a joint statement on the Trump travel ban. David Robertson is a big fan of foreign films, but he's not such a great fan of the kind of sloppy thinking they used in their statement so can't help explaining more in episode 100 of Quantum.
The Oscars.
The Guardian - Foreign language Oscar nominees decry 'climate of fanaticism in US'
"Human rights are not something you have to apply for. They simply exist – for everybody. For this reason, we dedicate this award to all the people, artists, journalists and activists who are working to foster unity and understanding, and who uphold freedom of expression and human dignity – values whose protection is now more important than ever. By dedicating the Oscar to them, we wish to express to them our deep respect and solidarity."
Solas SHORT/ANSWERS - What are human rights based on?
A Gay Disney Film?
HuffPost Entertainment - ‘Beauty And The Beast’ To Feature First ‘Exclusively Gay Moment In A Disney Movie’
Majority Of Scots MSPs Support The TIE Campaign.
CommonSpace - “Historic” milestone: Scottish Parliament becomes first in Europe to back LGBT+ education
The Rising Tide of Paedophilia.
The Heidleblog - R Scott Clark - The Normalization Of Pedophilia Approaches
Peter Tatchell's 1997 letter to the Guardian - Peter Tatchell and Dares to Speak
BBC News - Do not jail all paedophiles, says police chief
The Telegraph - Streets should not be named after local heroes in case they are later found to be paedophiles, councils told
Apocalypse Preppers
The Independent - Silicon Valley billionaires buy underground bunkers preparing for the apocalypse
The New Yorker - Doomsday prep for the super-rich
Tracy Ullman - A Christian's Job Interview
BBC One - A Christian's job interview - Tracey Ullman's Show: Series 2 Episode 4 Preview