In 1 Peter 3:15-16, Peter offers this advice to Christians who want to share the incredible news of what Jesus has done: Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect. The phrase “give an [...]
The title of this muse seems at first to be a bit ambiguous but let me expand. It could be 40 years old. It could be 40 just as a number. It could be 40 days and nights; but it’s more than that in this context – it’s 40 years of married life with my [...]
Foreword: 30 years ago today, 167 men lost their life as the Piper Alpha oil rig went on fire and partially collapsed into the North Sea. John Goldthorp was one of them. His widow, now a regular attendee at St Peters, shares with us how this tragedy ‘shattered’ her life and yet shaped her faith. [...]
At a recent training event for the Deacons at St Peter’s we were exhorted by David to realise the importance and vital responsibility of the church “to care for the poor”. This mandate for God’s people to be active in this ministry is clearly defined throughout the scriptures in word and example from the commands [...]
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 [...]
Since its formation in 1843, the Free Church of Scotland has equipped thousands of men and women for ministry in Scotland and aboard, through what is now Edinburgh Theological Seminary. One of our own is currently studying Theology (BA) there and so to mark the 175th anniversary this year, this month we ask James Hosie [...]
After a recent talk I had given at Aberdeen University on “The Evidence for the Resurrection” a student approached me and asked if I had a moment. As we chatted, he explained how he had been raised in a Christian home, but had abandoned his faith as a teenager because he had concluded that faith, [...]
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 [...]
It was 25 Years Ago… 25 years ago myself, Annabel, Andrew and Becky arrived in Dundee to begin a five-year redevelopment post at St Peters Free Church. I have been asked to write some reflections on our time here and why we are still here. Times have changed considerably in city and church over this [...]
The Treasure of the Old Testament and Christ One of the greatest treasures a believer has been given by the Lord is the revelation of who He is and the gracious nature of His salvation found in the pages of the Old and New Testaments in the Bible. Most Christians have some idea of the [...]