He's Back - and Hairier than ever!

It was a couple of years ago (or was it three?) that we invited David Robertson down to West London, to debate on atheism on a Saturday night, and then to preach the following morning at Gunnersbury. For a few weeks before I teased my children about the visit of ‘the Hairy Highlander.’ They really weren’t sure what to expect, but probably thought that they were getting a more hirsute version of our good friend David Meredith. I guess they weren’t a million miles out!

Anyways, David’s visit was a huge blessing. He made great friends with the children (especially succumbing to the charms of Jemimah), criticised my ‘cheap’ whisky, and made aspersions about the integrity of my Reformed Baptist convictions, given my love for many long-deceased Presbyterians. Best of all, he prosecuted the empty beliefs of atheism, and preached the Gospel with passion and conviction.

Now he’s back, or at least he was. On Saturday night at Gunnersbury David debated Terry Sanderson, President of the National Secular Society, on the motion of ‘Is a Secular Society a more Tolerant Society?’ I’ve not listened to the debate yet, but it’s here. The reports I’ve heard from Gunnersbury friends about it are excellent, and I can only suppose that it was a pretty hairy time for Mr Sanderson.