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The history of Protestantism is littered with division and conflict.

Reformation of what has already been reformed.

Schisms of schisms.

Battles over whose truth is truer and whose understanding of scripture is most enlightened.

The legacy of these truth wars can be seen in the countless Protestant descriptive labels/denominations. Here are but a few as they occur to me;

Lutherans, Wesleyans, Reformed Weslyans, Methodists, Free Methodists, Primative Methodists, Baptists, Southern Baptists, R… Continue

A great weekend!

Thanks to all those who came- great to meet new friends, and to hook up again with others. For those of you who had to pull out at the last moment- you were missed and I hope that there will be other chances to get together.

Great too to have a house full of folk-… Continue

Like many others, I have been participating in the emerging church ‘conversation’ for a few years now.

It has been wonderful.

It has transformed the way I think about and understand faith, and brought me again to a deep love of Jesus and all he calls us to.

It has brought m… Continue

Hi folks-

This is a cross post from my blog 'this fragile tent', which concerns an issue that is pretty hot at the moment- namely the place of on-line social networking as a form of community. This seems particularly relevant to us as Christians trying to understand how to live as agents of the Kingdom of God in present day Scotland.

I would welcome your thoughts- particularly at the beginning of this new thing...… Continue