Beeke’s Scottish challenge: P…P…P…P…P…P…P…P…P…P
The 31st annual meeting of the Scottish
Reformed Conference has taken place at
Hamilton College.
Dr Joel Beeke from Heritage Reformed
Congregation in Grand Rapids, USA was
the main speaker. He preached on the words
of Psalm 22 that Jesus reiterated at the Cross:
‘My God, My God, why have you forsaken
me?’ In the course of his sermon, Dr Beeke
reflected upon the profound depths of the
real experience of Jesus whilst he prayed
this, both what it does not mean and what
it does mean. But also from the question
‘Why?’ – what was
the purpose of
this
experience and
the
infinite
love of God
and the Lord Jesus Christ expressed in this
cry. In his second address, he pressed upon
Christians the urgent need to reflect upon the agony of Christ when we pass through
sharp and painful experiences in life. He did
so in a unique sermon of ten points each
beginning with the letter ‘P’. In thanks, our
chairman
suggested adding another
three
points likewise beginning with ‘P’, to the
positive pleasure of the people present!
Scottish drug
church cheer
Nicola Laver
The Scottish Parliament has heard of the
invaluable work of the Christian community
to help more than 2,300 drug addicts in
Scotland recover from their addiction.
The Evangelical Alliance (EA) and Serve
Scotland presented
a
report
in
June
to
Parliament on the work of Christian churches
and organisations with individuals in addiction.
The death of a magazine: a sad sign of the decline of the Church of Scotland?
It is always sad when people lose their jobs. It is even sadder when it is journalists, editors and staff associated with a magazine.
And that is made much worse when that magazine is a Christian magazine which has served the church for 146 years. But that was the shock announcement made at this year’s Church of Scotland General Assembly: their magazine Life and Work was to cease.