Blogs by Iain D Campbell

While preaching recently on the twelve apostles, I focussed on John's statement about Thomas: 'Now Thomas, one of the Twelve, called the Twin, was not with them when Jesus came'. John, of course, does not tell us why Thomas was... continue

Birlinn has just published John Macleod's spiritual history of Lewis and Harris, entitled Banner in the West. It traces that history from the earliest days of Celtic Christianity to the present 'Bebo generation' (to use the title of the final... continue

I wanted to draw attention to two recent publications from Scottish academics: I. Howard Marshall's A Concise New Testament Theology (IVP) is an abridgement of his recent New Testament Theology, and is a very accessible survey of the issues and... continue

I realise that my tally of contributions to this blog is lagging behind others, so I hesitate to come in with a negative comment. However, I am Scottish, so I'll get away with it. I have always been very uncomfortable... continue

I am just back from preaching at anniversary services at Melbourne Hall Evangelical Free Church in Leicester. The most famous occupant of its pulpit was its first minister, F.B. Meyer (of whom a recent biography by Bob Holman was published... continue

Edinburgh based publishing house, Birlinn, has recently published an excellent and accessible biography of John Knox. The author, Rosalind Marshall, has established herself as the historian of Scottish Queens, and John Knox features in the story of several of them.... continue

Haworth, home of the Bronte sisters, was also home, some seventy years earlier, to one of the great men of the eighteenth century evangelical revival in Britain: William Grimshaw of Haworth. J.C. Ryle regarded him, along with John Wesley and... continue

I've just been reading Collin Hansen's Young, Restless, Reformed: A Journalist's Journey with the New Calvinists. It's a fascinating exploration of the growing influence of names with which we are familiar: John Piper, Mark Dever, Al Mohler. I don't get... continue

I have just been listening to a new CD recording of Gaelic songs celebrating the work of one of our island's great poets, Murdo Macfarlane. He lent the expressiveness of his native Celtic tongue to his poetry, with the result... continue

Now that I am back from my holiday in Florida it's time to resume blogging. One of the highlights of our trip was to hear R.C. Sproul preaching in his church in Sanford; his exposition of Matthew 6:25-34 was uplifting... continue