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Across Scotland today people are waking up to the results of the independence referendum. I suspect that emotions will be running high – many will be disappointed, many will be joyful. Everyone will be hoping that the result will lead to a better future for Scotland and it’s residents – some because...

Scotland is in the throes of massive campaigns as we head towards the independence referendum in September 2014. Some reports suggest that a positive result could lead to independence as early as March 2016¹. As St Andrews Day (patron saint of Scotland) came and went last weekend, I paused to wond...

For those of us who have been hanging round charismaticism for a number of years, the idea of the “five-fold ministries” or “APEST” or “APEPT” is nothing particularly new. It’s great to see them getting a bit more attention, whether you’re a fan of 3DM, or Hirsch/Frost, or David Devenish¹, or some...

496 years ago today one of the great heroes of the Reformation, Martin Luther, famously nailed his 95 theses to the door of the church in Wittenberg. His original intention was to call the Roman Catholic church to change it’s ways, which he felt were ungodly. However, instead he sparked the Protesta...

A really interesting video (with transcript) from John Drane about Scotlands Missional Challenge:

http://freshexpressions.org.uk/news/missioninscotland

Any budding church planter must also devote himself to being an analyst of culture. There are many different ways to do this. I have previously¹ mentioned Walt Mueller, an American who yearly watches the MTV Awards to peer through the “cultural window”². Another route, probably one that is much...