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expected to impress people, however, is one indication among many that
Scottish society is, in the main, grossly immature. Mature people do not spend
their time and money on football and other sports, talking endlessly about
the “Dons” and other football teams. They do not go to rock concerts. They
do not stream into the town on Friday nights seeking to gratify their lusts.
They do not welcome the Olympics and the Commonwealth Games. They
do not spend a lot of time watching soap operas or reading works of fiction.
Instead, they are interested in human life, in families and children, young
people and old people, rich and poor, British and foreign. They have seen
the ill-effects of broken homes and one-parent families. They are thankful
that Britain enjoys the peace, prosperity, order and freedom that she does,
but they do not take this for granted, and they view with great alarm the
radical “social engineering” being attempted by our politicians, such as Mr
Salmond and Mr Cameron. They think of the horrors of Nazi Germany and
wonder if Britain could suddenly degenerate in that way. They have observed
the connection between Protestantism and the well-being of society, and
they have noted that a society which despises biblical doctrine does not long
retain biblical values.
Above all, they think of the shortness of human life, and of death, and of
what lies beyond. And if their eyes have been opened, they think about sin
and about Christ and Him crucified. They have come to expect little from the
manoeuvres of politicians but great things from the preaching of the gospel.
They say with John: “We know that we are of God, and the whole world
lieth in wickedness” (1 Jn 5:19); and with Peter: “Nevertheless we, according
to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth
righteousness” (2 Pet 3:13). DWBS
Protestant View
The Pope’s Call for Unity
“Christian unity” is often just Vatican-speak for “papal supremacy”. The
Daily Telegraph reports that, during his visit to Germany in September, the
Pope “called for unity between the Catholic and Protestant faiths”. Some
regard it as a good sign that he made this call while visiting the very monastery
where Martin Luther lived before making his stand against Rome which
culminated in the Reformation. In fact, the Pope praised Luther, saying, “What
constantly exercised him was the question of God, the deep passion and
driving force of his whole life’s journey”.
This is partially true, but there is a serious omission. What really exercised