Beauty for Ashes

David Robertson offers a Christian perspective on some of the recent news and events.

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1. Fidel Castro.

 

2. Tamara Ecclestone.

 

3. Goldman Sachs.

 

4. Lord Mackay's Budget comments.

 

5. Hate Crime.

 

6. Scottish Government renames Offenders.

 

7.  Post Truth Follow up.

 

8.  The Anglicans.

 

 9. Teresa May.

 

10. Vegan fivers.

 

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National Review - The Dictator and the Dissident

 

Daily Mail - Tamara Ecclestone reveals she lives in just FOUR of her 57 rooms

 

Conservative Home - James Mackay: To help poorer people, the Chancellor should raise the marriage allowance, not the personal allowance

 

College of Policing - How to handle hate crime

 

College of Policing - Hate Crime Operational Guidance

 

BBC - Scottish government renames 'offender' as 'person with conviction'

 

Spiked! - Fake news and post‑truth: the handmaidens of Western relativism

 

Anglican.Ink - The perversion of Lambeth 1.10

 

Sky News - Vegan campaigners demand animal fat removed from new £5 notes

 

 

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The Afro Cuban All Stars - Habana del Este

Marillion - Rich

The B-52's - Bad Influence

Primal Scream - (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind

2CELLOS - Smooth Criminal

Richard Ashcroft - Born Again

Lenny Kravitz - Believe

The Piano Guys - This Is Your Fight Song (Rachel Platten Scottish Cover)

Norah Jones - Man Of The Hour

Beautiful Eulogy - Exile Dial Tone

David Robertson offers a Christian perspective on some recent news and events.

|   TOPICS   |

1. Fidel Castro.

2. Tamara Ecclestone.

3. Goldman Sachs.

4. Lord Mackay's Budget comments.

5. Hate Crime.

6. Scottish Government renames Offenders.

7.  Post Truth Follow up.

8.  The Anglicans.

 9. Teresa May.

10. Vegan fivers.

|   LINKS   |

National Review - The Dictator and the Dissident

Daily Mail - Tamara Ecclestone reveals she lives in just FOUR of her 57 rooms

Conservative Home - James Mackay: To help poorer people, the Chancellor should raise the marriage allowance, not the personal allowance

College of Policing - How to handle hate crime

College of Policing - Hate Crime Operational Guidance

BBC - Scottish government renames 'offender' as 'person with conviction'

Spiked! - Fake news and post‑truth: the handmaidens of Western relativism

Anglican.Ink - The perversion of Lambeth 1.10

Sky News - Vegan campaigners demand animal fat removed from new £5 notes

|   MUSIC   |

The Afro Cuban All Stars - Habana del Este

Marillion - Rich

The B-52's - Bad Influence

Primal Scream - (I'm Gonna) Cry Myself Blind

2CELLOS - Smooth Criminal

Richard Ashcroft - Born Again

Lenny Kravitz - Believe

The Piano Guys - This Is Your Fight Song (Rachel Platten Scottish Cover)

Norah Jones - Man Of The Hour

Beautiful Eulogy - Exile Dial Tone

You see it all the time on social media. You see it all the time in the secular media. It's becoming more rare to see contrasting views put across and people being able to rationally think and work things through. It's not just that we live in a post-truth society. We live in a post-rational society. In this week's Quantum, David Robertson navigates the issue of truth.

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Post Truth - Oxford English Dictionary 'Word of 2016'

Telling Fake News from Real News

Banning Milo Yiannopoulos

Mike Pence & Hamilton

SNL - The Bubble

France censors video advert with people with Downs Syndrome

Jo Cox MP - family Statement

"Speak Up" Guide launched at the Scottish Parliament

 

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Oxford Dictionaries - Post Truth

NPR: Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds

Kent Online: Milo Yiannopoulos talk at Simon Langton in Canterbury cancelled

Fox News (on Facebook): Mike Pence - "That's what freedom sounds like."

Washington Post:  SNL ‘Bubble’ skit about liberals in denial over Trump was perfect

Conseil-Etat.fr:  Diffusion du film de sensibilisation à la trisomie 21

 

JoCoxFoundation.org:  Family Impact Statement

Speak Up

The Lawyers Christian Fellowship

Quantum 82 - Speak Up

 

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Spandau Ballet - True

LeCrae - Truth

The Simon Kennedy Band - Show them it's true

Emeli Sandé - This much is true

Bugs Bunny Theme - This is it

OK GO - The One Moment

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

Beautiful Eulogy - Exile Dial Tone

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Post Truth - Oxford English Dictionary 'Word of 2016'

Telling Fake News from Real News

Banning Milo Yiannopoulos

Mike Pence & Hamilton

SNL - The Bubble

France censors video advert with people with Downs Syndrome

Jo Cox MP - family Statement

"Speak Up" Guide launched at the Scottish Parliament

 

|   LINKS   |

Oxford Dictionaries - Post Truth

NPR: Students Have 'Dismaying' Inability To Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds

Kent Online: Milo Yiannopoulos talk at Simon Langton in Canterbury cancelled

Fox News (on Facebook): Mike Pence - "That's what freedom sounds like."

Washington Post:  SNL ‘Bubble’ skit about liberals in denial over Trump was perfect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKOb-kmOgpI

 

Conseil-Etat.fr:  Diffusion du film de sensibilisation à la trisomie 21

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju-q4OnBtNU

JoCoxFoundation.org:  Family Impact Statement

Speak Up

The Lawyers Christian Fellowship

Quantum 82 - Speak Up

 

|   MUSIC   |

Spandau Ballet - True

LeCrae - Truth

The Simon Kennedy Band - Show them it's true

Emeli Sandé - This much is true

Bugs Bunny Theme - This is it

OK GO - The One Moment

Eva Cassidy - Fields of Gold

Beautiful Eulogy - Exile Dial Tone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvW61K2s0tA

There's a blame game going on. David Robertson thinks about the threats to democracy that are surfacing in the wake of the Trump victory, the deep irony of the politics of fear, why BBC pluralism is wrong and how Leonard Cohen points the way to the true freedom that can be found only in Christ.

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1) The threat to democracy from the US election

 

2) Trudeau - Don’t fear

 

3) BBC broadcasting Friday prayers

 

4) McDonalds sue Florence

 

5) Inverness Solas Conference

 

6) Leonard Cohen

 

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The Spectator - Brendan O'Neill: The sneering response to Trump’s victory reveals exactly why he won

 

The Canadian Press:  Justin Trudeau denounces politics of fear in UN speech

 

David Robertson:  Why the BBC should not broadcast Muslim prayer

 

Solas CPC:  SHORT/ANSWERS

 

The Independent: McDonald's sues Florence for $20m after city refuses restaurant application

 

New York Times: Leonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82

 

Solas CPC - The Solas Inverness Conference 

 

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Leonard Cohen - Democracy

Gilbert and Sullivan - Modern Major General

Pentatonix - Hallelujah

Kiri Te Kanawa - O Mio Babbino Caro

Leonard Cohen - A Bird on the Wire

There's a blame game going on. David Robertson thinks about the threats to democracy that are surfacing in the wake of the Trump victory, the deep irony of the politics of fear, why BBC pluralism is wrong and how Leonard Cohen points the way to the true freedom that can be found only in Christ.

|   TOPICS   |

1) The threat to democracy from the US election

2) Trudeau - Don’t fear

3) BBC broadcasting Friday prayers

4) McDonalds sue Florence

5) Leonard Cohen

6) Inverness Solas Conference

|   LINKS   |

The Spectator - Brendan O'Neill: The sneering response to Trump’s victory reveals exactly why he won

The Canadian Press:  Justin Trudeau denounces politics of fear in UN speech

David Robertson:  Why the BBC should not broadcast Muslim prayer

Solas CPC:  SHORT/ANSWERS

The Independent: McDonald's sues Florence for $20m after city refuses restaurant application

New York Times: Leonard Cohen, Epic and Enigmatic Songwriter, Is Dead at 82

Solas CPC - The Solas Inverness Conference 

|   MUSIC   |

Leonard Cohen - Democracy

Gilbert and Sullivan - Modern Major General

Pentatonix - Hallelujah

Kiri Te Kanawa - O Mio Babbino Caro

Leonard Cohen - A Bird on the Wire

David Robertson with a post election special on President Trump.

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* President Trump.

* College Educated - Indoctrination, Infantilisation and Intolerance.

* Scotland's mature reaction.

* National Day of Prayer for Scotland on 30th November

 

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The Washington Post - Trump won because college-educated Americans are out of touch

BBC Scotland - Gary Tank Commander Play list

 

|   MUSIC   |

Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie

Powderfinger - Poison In Your Mind

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

Adele - Hello

Norah Jones - Humble Me

Beautiful Eulogy - Exile Dial Tone

David Robertson with a post election special on President Trump.

|   TOPICS   |

* President Trump.

* College Educated - Indoctrination, Infantilisation and Intolerance.

* Scotland's mature reaction.

* National Day of Prayer for Scotland on 30th November

 

|   LINKS   |

The Washington Post - Trump won because college-educated Americans are out of touch

BBC Scotland - Gary Tank Commander Play list

 

|   MUSIC   |

Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre

The Jacksons - Blame It On The Boogie

Powderfinger - Poison In Your Mind

Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown

Adele - Hello

Norah Jones - Humble Me

Beautiful Eulogy - Exile Dial Tone

David Robertson is joined by Andy Bannister to discuss last weekend's Solas conference at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh on sexuality, society and the church.  

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The Telegraph - Row over BBC transgender programme aimed at children Northern Ireland Christian Apologetics Network - The Big Questions 

 

Solas CPC - Inverness Conference

David Robertson is joined by Andy Bannister to discuss last weekend's Solas conference at Charlotte Chapel in Edinburgh on sexuality, society and the church.  

 

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The Telegraph - Row over BBC transgender programme aimed at children

Northern Ireland Christian Apologetics Network - The Big Questions 

Solas CPC - Inverness Conference