Good News!

As part of the Church of Scotland, we want to inspire the people of our parish

and beyond with the Good News of Jesus Christ. But what is that Good News?

• God has a real love for this world and for you who he made in his image

• Life can make sense and have a purpose

• There is hope in this world and beyond

• There's a new life with forgiveness in Jesus

All of that and more.

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Here are a few ways of finding out more.

• Come along on a Sunday morning to hear what's going on and to ask your questions.

• Get a hold of a Bible and you'll hear the Good News directly. Start with a New Testament book like Mark which is a short, sharp, eye witness account of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. It even starts "This is the good news about Jesus Christ, the Son of God."

 

We can give you a good, modern translation; the Bible wasn't written in English so we translate it into modern language as well as the classic "Shakespearean" English of the King James Version you might find in a cupboard or presentation box. You could buy a Bible online or read it for free at Biblegateway.com or search for the YouVersion Bible App from where you normally download apps ; the NIV, CEV or NTL are translations you'll read easily - and we'll explain the initials some time. You could even sit back and have it read to you here.

 

• Pick up one of the books from our collection at church if you prefer to find out that way.

We have books from The Good Book Company and others answering the questions that

so many of us ask whether we are Christians or not.

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We want to be part of this search with you. Talk with us; we'll listen, discuss and pray for you as you look and grow in your faith.​​​

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I'm glad you get the Bible
Comedian Lee Mack (Would I lie to you?) was a castaway on Desert Island Discs a few years ago.

After his eight discs were selected and played, he reached the question of what book he would

take alongside the Bible and the Complete Works of Shakespeare.

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I'm glad you get the Bible, because I would read the Bible. I think it's quite odd that people like myself, in their forties, quite happy to dismiss the Bible, but I've never read it. I always think that if an alien came down and you were the only person they met, and they said, 'What's life about? What's earth about? Tell us everything,' and you said, 'Well, there's a book here that purports to tell you everything. Some people believe it to be true; some people [do] not believe it [to be] true.' 'Wow, what's it like?' and you go, 'I don't know, I've never read it.' It would be an odd thing wouldn't it? So, at the very least, read it.

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How would you answer the alien?

 

To hear the programme click here to visit the BBC site. This part of the conversation begins around 40 minutes into the programme.

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