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Jan 27, 2021 · Donald John Macleod (“John”) was born in Thurso, the second of four sons to parents who were both native Gaelic speakers from the island of Lewis. The family moved to the Maryhill area in Glasgow, where as a child John witnessed severe poverty.
- Ian Alexander Macleod
- 2021
- Influential Theologian
- Outspoken Journalist
- Passionate Preacher
As a theologian, Macleod was known for his retrieval of historic Scottish Reformed theology and his outspoken defense of the Westminster Confession of Faith. His greatest theological obsession, however, was the cross of Christ and the love of God displayed therein. In the preface to Christ Crucified, he wrote of the cross, “If I may paraphrase the ...
In addition to his work as a theologian, Macleod established a reputation as an outstanding journalist. In his festschrift The People’s Theologian, Brian Wilson—a journalist and former minister in the Tony Blair government—remarked that Macleod was “by far the most literate and stimulating columnist writing in the Scottish press.” That work began i...
The central passion of Macleod’s life was preaching. He once wrote, Each Lord’s Day, congregations should be led to the point where they cry, “Oh! The depth!” And if they are not—if we have robbed the Gospel of the great elements of mystery and wonder and depth and paradox—then we have failed in our mission and cheated our people. . . . The only me...
- Hunter Nicholson
Macleod was inducted to the ministry of Kilmallie and Arisaig Free Church on Guy Fawkes night in 1964, at the age of 22. After six years in that charge, he moved to Patrick Highland Free Church (now Dowanvale) in Glasgow where he served for a further eight years.
Donald Macleod (1940–2023) served as professor of systematic theology at the Free Church of Scotland College in Edinburgh for more than thirty years. He authored many books, including The Person of Christ and Christ Crucified.
Jul 10, 2024 · Donald Macleod (1940–) has been called one of the two most important Scottish Reformed theologians of the twentieth century. This article shows that by the 1990s Macleod in his public theology consistently used language and concepts which were also trademarks of Latin American liberation theology.
Jun 10, 2023 · Born: 24 November 1940 in Ness, Isle of Lewis. Died: 21 May 2023, aged 82. Professor Donald Macleod, Principal-Emeritus of the Free Church of Scotland College and recognised beyond his own...
May 23, 2023 · Professor Macleod died at his home in Morningside, Edinburgh, on Sunday with his family by his side. A minister in the Free Church of Scotland, he served for 20 years as professor at the Free Church College and became its principal.
