Dear Brothers and Sisters at St Peters, I am writing to thank you for your fellowship and service in the Lord and your generous gift to us on our 25th year in ministry in St Peters, before we head away on sabbatical. The Kirk Session and the Presbytery have kindly granted me a three-month sabbatical [...]
I suffer from the curse of a chronic questioning and argumentative mind. Most of the arguments are with myself. It is as if I have never quite outgrown the annoying childlike habit of repeating the question “…but why” It as if I never learned to grow up, to accept that it is probably just [...]
St Peter's Free Church in Dundee is famous throughout the evangelical world for being the church of Robert Murray McCheyne. But many of those who come to the church now, know very little about McCheyne; and many of those who are aware of McCheyne know very little about the current St Peters. This short article [...]
I love the Lord's Day. I love gathering with the Lord's people on the Lord's Day. It is an oasis in the midst of the desert. Sunday morning worship and Sunday evening worship is for me the highlight of the week. It is the engine room, the food store and the healing place [...]
It is hard to speak about private daily devotions, because they are, just that, private. It some ways it is an intimate thing. It is better to be doing it than talking about it. Sometimes sharing on the subject can be singularly unhelpful. When hearing about the person who gets up at 5am and reads [...]
Brothers and sisters, Just a short letter to wish you all a Happy Easter as we prepare to celebrate together. This week I had the interesting experience of being called ‘bonkers’ by a mainstream political party. Whatever the reason for that particular outburst and whether it is true or not, it did set me thinking [...]