David Robertson

• Ecclesiastes 8: Real understanding, true contentment

  You would think that having tried to understand the difficult question of how to live in a corrupt society Solomon would have had enough.

• Islam on Lewis: Why the church should support Muslims' right to build mosques

  Recently it was announced that the first mosque is about to be built on the Western Isles – a bastion of conservative evangelical Calvinism, dominated by the Free Church of Scotland.

• Ecclesiastes 8: How to live in a corrupt society

  Unless you live in the privileged world of the privileged you have to face up to the question of how fallible fallen human beings are to live in a corrupt society.

• Israel Folau: Heretic or hero?

  Folau upset the apple cart when in response to an Instagram user who asked him: 'What was God's plan for gay people?' he replied, 'Hell... unless they repent of their sins and turn to God.'

• Ecclesiastes 7: Are men wiser than women?

  Solomon, who had 300 wives and 600 concubines – contrary to the command of God and despite his wisdom and good start as king – might have been expected to know something about women.

• Ecclesiastes 7: 4 dangers for today's Christians

  Having reflected on the way that we regard our times and look at life, in Ecclesiastes 7: 15-22 Solomon turns to some other conundrums of both ancient and contemporary life.

• What happened on Easter Monday?

  Happy Dyngus Day! Here is what happens the day after the Resurrection

• Ecclesiastes 7: Good Friday and the Good Old Days

  In a series of warnings Solomon tells us to beware of bribery, pride, anger and nostalgia.

• Society is awash with hatred, but love is stronger

  A strong contender for word of the year for 2018 is already 'hate'. Every day we hear about hate speech, hate groups and numerous slogans along the line of 'love trumps hate'.

• Ecclesiastes 7: Which is better, a party or a funeral?

  it is at the extremes of life that we often discover truth, meaning and purpose.

• Down's syndrome and the sum of human happiness

  Entitled 50 Mums, 50 Kids, 1 Extra Chromosome, this video has gone viral – and little wonder.

• Ecclesiastes 6: Out of the shadows, into the life

  In this week's Ecclesiastes passage Solomon reflects further on what we can see, taste and feel all around us every day