February Good News Now Out

The February edition of Good News, the magazine of the RPCS, is now available to download.

I hope you find the first Good News of 2022 to be useful. I would like to thank David Whitla for the final instalment of our Church History series – The Life and Times of Archibald Johnston of Wariston. We have learned a lot about Wariston through this series and have appreciated David’s fair approach. We have also reached the end of our Vocation series. Margaret McPhail gives some encouragement to mothers, being herself both a mother and a grandmother. There would be almost unlimited options for keeping the series going with new vocations each time, but I hope that we have given you a flavour of diverse jobs yet a common theme of seeking to honour the Lord. “And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the reward of the inheritance; for you serve the Lord Christ” (Colossians 3:23-24).

Our new RP reprint is a chapter from an old work – Claims of the Divine Government applied to the British Constitution written by Rev William Anderson. A tribute to Anderson’s importance is given in the following quotation from Rev Gordon Keddie, “But for the steadfast conviction of William Anderson and his colleagues, and those who adhered to them, the Covenanting Church would have passed into history long ago. Their ruggedly independent spirit, their readiness to be a small minority upholding unpopular positions and their attachment to the heritage of their covenanting forefathers, has kept their particular emphasis on the Headship of Christ over the nation before at least a goodly section of the Christian community in Scotland for over a century, when otherwise there might have been silence.”

I am thankful for those who continue to supply articles to Good News, some of whom have been regular contributors for several years. Please take the time to read all the content. Most congregations get more magazines than they need and I would encourage you to give away any spare copies to those who might be interested in reading them. As Good News is also put up online it can be shared by email or social media too.

Every blessing,
Stephen

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