Posts by Peter Campbell

Painting Luke’s Gospel The Temptation Setting Jesus’ temptation in the city is difficult, as most of the story takes place in the desert. However, the very last scene is Jesus being led to the top of the temple by the devil. St George’s Tron Church of Scotland has a clock tower which Iain and filmmaker…

Painting Luke’s Gospel The Wilderness Before Alastair Duncan was minister at St George’s Tron, he spent 25 years in a rural parish. However, in contrast to what many would expect, he soon began to see the city centre as a much lonelier place than the countryside. Regardless of the hustle and bustle, many people often…

Painting Luke’s Gospel The Incarnation Unlike most traditional images of Jesus’ birth, Iain was keen for this painting to reflect what birth really looks like. Traditional images of this moment can feel naïve and can seem to deny the incarnation; God in a real human body. Jesus being born as a completely vulnerable person is…

Painting Luke’s Gospel The Annunciation Chapter 1 of Luke sees the angel Gabriel announcing to Mary, a young bride-to-be, that she’s going to have God’s baby. To portray Gabriel, Iain opted for a bronze statue of an angel in the Glasgow’s Necropolis. The model for Mary is Fereshteh, an asylum seeker from Iran, who was…