We have just started producing a weekly 'Solas' vodcast - responding to current issues and misconceptions about Christianity....the latest is below....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJxDJqSMES8

Another resurrected and updated article which is sadly, still relevant....

Priests, Paedophiles and Protestants

It's not been a good year for the Roman Catholic Church. More stories are coming out about abuse by priests; TIME runs a cover story asking if the Church can survive and the Pope is forced to issue the banalist of statements declaring that paedophile priests are not welcome in the church. Meanwhile the impression grows in the popular consciousness that priests are perverts and that the Church is involved in a scandalous cover up.

The following is a slightly expanded version of the June 'Record's' editorial. In it we preview both the Free Church and the Church of Scotland General Assembly. It is heartbreaking reading for me....my heart was really heavy writing it.....who is going to rescue us from the body of death?!

Yoghurt Christianity?

Having just returned from a weeks holiday in Portmahomack in the Highlands, I started reading Clement of Alexander's 'Instructor', which amongst other things contains some fantastic thoughts on food. When did you last hear teaching about food from the pulpit? Is that not strange given that food is such a major part of our lives? Clement writes: "For they have not yet learned that God has provided for His creature (man I mean) food and drink, for sustenance, not for pleasure; since the body derives no advantage from extravagance in viands. For, quite the contrary, those who use the most frugal fare are the strongest and the healthiest, and the noblest; as domestics are healthier and stronger than their masters, and husbandmen than the proprietors; and not only more robust, but wiser, as philosophers are wiser than rich men. For they have not buried the mind beneath food, nor deceived it with pleasures". Although there is a great deal for us to learn from Clement I disagree that God did not give us food for pleasure. I wrote about this some time ago and I reproduce it below. I hope it is still relevant.

The following is the list of what is happening in March. There are a couple of gaps which we will fill in ASAP. Please continue to pray that the Lord would be present with us.

Note that in addition to the normal meetings in March we will also have CE every Tuesday night, the membership class at 10am every Sunday morning, and the Improve your Marriage Course at 4:30 pm every Sunday afternoon.

Songs, Sermons and Servants – March 2010

Sunday 7th – Morning- “Test of Faith 1 - Obedience”

Preacher: David
1) Ps 93
2) Ps 1 (b)
3) Ps 119:129-136