Index to this edition
- Latest news stories
- Opposition to open air preaching
- The close of another chapter
- The virgin’s name was Mary
- THE SAD AND SINFUL UTTERANCES OF A FOOL OR A KNAVE!
- The Lord’s question for those Christians in Stormont who assisted in the approving of posthumous pardons for those guilty of sodomy in the past.
- VIDEO: Jim Allister’s speech and lonely stand against pardon for sodomites
- Joel Beeke’s book store and endorsement of sodomy
Opposition to open air preaching
The following is a report of an incident which took place while our brother, Pastor David Carson was recently preaching in the open-air in Chester, England.
It highlights not only the ongoing opposition to the gospel that we may expect from men but also the growing readiness of the State to side with the ungodly and use its powers to hinder God’s Word.
This illustrates the gathering storm clouds in a land where once the gospel sunshine brightly shown.
Christian take heed! Prayer for bother Carson and all who endeavour to preach God’s truth in the highways of the United Kingdom.
“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry,” 2 Timothy 4:2-5.
– Ivan Foster.
“I was preaching in Chester city centre on Saturday on the subject of the rich young ruler who approached Christ asking what good thing should he do to inherit eternal life. I was coming near the end of my address, urging all to trust in Christ as He is the only Saviour, when I saw a Young Jew approaching with an angry look on his face. He stood for a while reading the banner and then he moved to his left and stood in front of me.
I continued preaching and said that Christ was the Messiah who came to save his people from their sin, though I doubt this young man, looking at the Jew would agree. With that he started shouting that I was an antisemite. I said since Jesus was a Jew and he was my Messiah, how could I be anti-semitic? Anyway, to cut a long story short, he complained to the police who, after abour ten minutes, came over to me and said that there had been a complaint and he was issuing me with a dispersal order. I asked by what authority. He said by a law passed in 2014. He wrote out a form banning me from the city centre for forty eight hours under the heading “Racially aggravated public order”.
He never asked me what had occured. In other words this was a clearly biased decision. It was only when I got home I realised the area I was banned from included the church, which ban I ignored.
I said to the police sgt, “Are you telling me that you have the right to deny me my civil and religious liberties.” He said that he did.
I don’t know where this will go as to whether I well be charged or not. I went to the police station this morning and made an official complaint about the behaviour of the police Sgt concerning the fact that he had not asked me for my side of the story which showed that he was biased against me. I will demand an apology for describing preaching the Gospel as anti social behaviour. The fact is that that policemen hadn’t heard me preaching so he didn’t know what I had said.
The Jew concerned was not dressed in the Orthodox garb but he was a nasty piece of work. The Pharisee is still around. The way it happened makes me think it was a put up job. I certainly did not expect it from that quarter.
Anyway, I will fight this tooth and nail and well not rest until I get an apology for the bias displayed and for daring to describe Gospel preaching as anti-social behaviour. Last year, when we witnessed at the satanic Winter Watch Parade the councillor responsible for the city centre described our witness as anti-social behaviour. He was given short shrift in the letters section of the following week’s edition but it does show the attitude of those in authority.
Please pray that this will turn out for the furtherance of the Gospel.
– David.
The close of another chapter
We have decided to bring our online publication – “The Burning Bush” to a close – well almost!
“The Burning Bush” first appeared in March 1970, though it had been preceded by other publications which I periodically produced in order to warn of the dangers of the ecumenical apostasy.
It was delineated as “A witness of protest in a day of apostasy”, because ‘protest’ was born in my soul as a result of my joining Dr Ian Paisley’s congregation on the Ravenhill Road in Belfast, within a short time of beginning to attend his church the Sabbath after my conversion, April 12th, 1964.
Dr. Paisley was a master at setting forth God’s protest in the Bible and I can still recall the first time I heard him defend his own ministry of protest from Jeremiah 11:7: “For I earnestly protested unto your fathers in the day that I brought them up out of the land of Egypt, even unto this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.”
Newspaper columns were closed in those days (as they are to a large degree still) to any Bible-based admonitions about the spiritually deviant paths upon which the mainline churches were leading their people. The only alternative was to print the warnings and seek to distribute them as best one could. In truth, such a course of action was born of the burden of heart that God’s servants felt regarding the betrayal of the truth of the gospel back then. Read more…
The virgin’s name was Mary
I read the following article and was much impressed by the clear exposition of the errors of Rome regarding Mary, mother of our Lord Jesus, and also by the setting forth of the Bible’s teaching about this blessed and dear saint of God.
I always remember the words of a young Roman Catholic with whom I worked in the woodwork shop while in jail in 1966. I had the joyful privilege of witnessing to him and his companion for three months and I often spoke of Mary and what the Bible said about her, knowing he would listen to any kind and admiring comments made about her. As I was ending the last day of my sentence he came over to me just before we were all marched back to our cells and said how surprised he was that I had spoken in such loving terms about Mary as he had understood that all Protestants hated Mary. How dreadful that such an impression should be made on our Roman Catholic neighbours!
Be it known: none loves the Mary of the Bible like those who are true Protestants. We honour her to the full extent of the honour given her of God in the Scriptures.
This article will set forth very clearly just what that honour is. Read more…
THE SAD AND SINFUL UTTERANCES OF A FOOL OR A KNAVE!
In keeping with his anti-Bible predilection, ‘Belfast Telegraph’ scribbler and Irish Presbyterian Church elder, Alf McCreary, launched an attack upon the Free Presbyterian Church in response to those within our ranks who voiced opposition to the Pope’s proposed visit to Northern Ireland.
Under the headline: “How news of Papal visit to Northern Ireland sees rise of religious intolerance again” he criticised the stand and witness of the Free Presbyterian Church. His article may be read here.
He makes two statements within his article which I particularly wish to comment on briefly.
The Lord’s question for those Christians in Stormont who assisted in the approving of posthumous pardons for those guilty of sodomy in the past.
Yesterday, as I sat amongst the congregation listening to the preaching of God’s Word, the minister turned us to Job chapter 40. My eye fell upon verses 6-8.
“Then answered the LORD unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said, Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?”
The book of Job deals with the trial of Job by Satan which was permitted by the Lord for His glory, and the reactions of Job to those trials and his responses to the harsh criticisms of his friends who totally misunderstood what was happening. They believed Job to be guilty of some sin for which he was now being punished.
Job, though he bore the initial trials most patiently (Job 1 & 2) gave way to impatience and some anger with his accusers and even challenged God’s justice. Read more…
Jim Allister’s speech and lonely stand against pardon for sodomites
The two videos below show Mr Jim Allister, MLA’s speech in the debate in the Stormont Assembly on Monday 28th November on the legislative consent motion brought forward by the Northern Ireland Justice Minister to grant a posthumous pardon to sodomites of violations of the law in the past. Mr Jim Allister moved an amendment removing the reference to a pardon for sodomy and the videos show him speaking in support of his amendment.
Then the Assembly moved to what should have been a vote. The only person to support the amendment was its proposer, Mr Allister. He was left on his own at the front of the Assembly. Opportunity was given by the Speaker for a second person to come forward and oppose the pardon but none was forthcoming so Mr Allister’s amendment was rejected.
A Free Presbyterian seated in the public gallery was able to observe Free Presbyterian DUP MLAs Edwin Poots, Carla Lockhart and Gordon Dunne stay rooted to their seats. The Free Presbyterian also noted that MLA members of the Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church, Mervyn Storey, Lord Morrow and Thomas Buchanan, were not in the chamber.
It is tragic that there has not been the reaction one would expect from God’s people following such an outrageous betrayal of the gospel. Even the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, deemed apostate by the Presbytery of the Free Presbyterian Church, acted against former Alliance Party leader, David Ford, when he publicly supported sodomite marriage. He was removed as a ruling elder by his church.
“In the day that thou stoodest on the other side, in the day that the strangers carried away captive his forces, and foreigners entered into his gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, even thou wast as one of them,” Obadiah 1:11. – The Editor.
Joel Beeke’s book store and endorsement of sodomy
Back in September of this year, I published an article on Joel Beeke entitled: “Joel Beeke preaches for and publicly seeks closer links with sodomy-endorsing Dutch denomination!”
Near the beginning of this article I stated: “In the past he has shared platforms with pro-sodomite speakers and sold books extolling the sodomite life-style.”
I was challenged regarding the very last phrase of this statement. It was pointed out that the internet link I gave in support of this statement revealed that in the library of Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary there was a book by Wesley Hill, a man who would term himself a “Christian Gay”!!!
Of course, theological libraries contain books by authors that it may not endorse.
That was the wrong link for me to use to show that Dr Beeke endorses sodomy-promoting writers. It was said that this ‘error’ detracted from the effectiveness of my article.
However, that mistake on my part does not invalidate my allegation regarding Dr Beeke’s endorsement of pro-sodomite writers.
This I will demonstrate by asking readers to check out this link. Read more…
Latest news stories
This will be the final mounting of news articles of interest to Christians in Ulster in particular and of course to believers generally.
There will be occasions in the future when attention will be drawn to some event which we believe that Christians should note but this will not be done on a regular basis.
– Ivan Foster, Editor of “the Burning Bush”
Anglo-Irish relations hit ‘bottom of the pit’ over alleged Provo priest – (He was but one of many whose crimes were concealed by the Roman Catholic Church and the State!!)
Chelsea Pensioner quizzed by Northern Ireland officers over IRA shooting death in 1972
RHI scandal: Arlene Foster feels the heat after letter to banks revealed
Rivals challenge Arlene Foster’s RHI claim after ‘guarantee’ letter to banks revealed
RHI scandal: Foster’s department was warned before whistle-blower, but ignored advice
RHI scandal: Foster will not step aside ‘for a single day’: DUP
In the absence of humility, First Minister’s position is increasingly precarious
Calls for Arlene Foster to resign over ‘cash for ash’ letter to banks
‘To leave Sinn Féin is to leave the IRA,’ Adams told ard fheis: Irish State Papers, 1986 – (What we have said all along: they are one and the same!!!)
Libyan official ‘wanted to pay IRA $50million to WIPE OUT Thatcher’ state documents claim
Declassifed Files: In Troubles’ final years, RoI still a ‘haven for criminals’ – (That is why UDR men pointed guns toward Donegal!!!)
Secret papers: UDR denied ‘pointing guns at Irish army’
Ex-Taoiseach ordered plans be reviewed in case of mass exodus of ‘refugees’ – (There never was an exodus because the claims of ‘anti-RC pogroms’ were sheer invention!!!)
RUC ’shoot to kill’ investigator John Stalker taken off case before it was due to report
Britain will have given Brussels £623 BILLION by 2020 as cost of EU membership is revealed
Anger as foreign aid chief who ‘wasted’ taxpayers’ money makes New Year Honours list – (Typical of today’s society – Folly & Stupidity rewarded!!!)
New Year honours ‘reward failure’ as civil servants behind Whitehall fiascos are given awards
World View: Is Israel really prepared to accept isolation? – (That is how it has been since the birth of the nation! – Exodus 33:15-16!!)
More news
December 30
Taoiseach ‘feared Dublin bomb’ during revolt against Anglo-Irish Agreement
Peter Robinson suspected of ‘plotting independent state’, released secret papers show
State papers: Cahal Daly warned Catholics are ‘anti-everything’ – (He was right for once!!!)
State papers: Violence at opening of 1974 power-sharing assembly recorded
Thatcher told FitzGerald to take all Northern nationalists south – (Few would have gone: social benefits in NI were much better than those in the South!!!)
RHI scandal: Foster told banks scheme was ‘real opportunity for investors’
RHI scandal: Arlene Foster asked bank chiefs ‘to look favourably’ on finance requests from firms
Theresa May criticises Obama administration’s Israeli stance
Theresa May rebukes US for ‘inappropriate’ attack on Israel
US offer blunt response to Theresa May’s criticism of John Kerry over Israel
Tories ‘masking true scale’ of political cronyism with quiet rule change
Russian embassy mocks ‘lame duck’ Obama amid US hacking row
Barack Obama expels 35 Russian spies over election hacking row in ‘Cold War deja vu’
Russia plans immediate ‘counter-measures’ after US ejects 35 diplomats
Dublin gangs may use foreign contract killers
Parents OUTRAGED at curriculum as video emerges of children learning to PRAY at mosque
GERMANY AT BOILING POINT: Terror-hit nation sees over 1,000 attacks on migrant camps
December 29
RHI scandal: Unused regulation could recoup cash
RHI scandal: Call for justice minister to check legality of claims
Department warned of RHI flaws a year before its launch
RHI scandal: Trimble says speaker should consider his position
Sinn Fein fury over two-sentence report in Private Eye
Former Special Branch officer claims it saved 16,500 lives during Troubles
Traffic wardens tell of ‘aggressive abuse’ in Coalisland – (It is population is very largely Roman Catholic and republican!!)
Pope Francis ‘told about alleged child rapist priest’ two years before arrest
Kerry: Two-state solution is ‘only way to achieve peace’ between Israelis and Palestinians – (That is not what the Lord degreed, Genesis 12:7!!)
John Kerry: Two-state solution between Israel and Palestinians ‘only way’ to achieve peace
Israel critical of ‘biased’ and ‘obsessive’ Kerry speech
US Secretary of State John Kerry hits out at Israel on Middle East peace
Israel claims John Kerry’s Middle East speech ‘skewed’
Israel’s Attorney General ‘orders criminal investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’
December 28
Executive parties poles apart on snap election? Think again, they’ve already got it sewn up
The executive will splutter on but Speaker has to go
Martin McGuinness’ record in Executive can’t exorcise the ghosts of the past
Paramilitary trappings at funeral of Sinn Féin press officer Dale Moore – (They ever glory in their murder campaign irrespective of their ‘peace talk’!!!)
A year of scandal but Gerry’s digging his heels in
Israel to build more illegal settlements after UN resolution condemns them
Benjamin Netanyahu ‘warned UN settlement a declaration of war’
Israel accuses Britain of secretly playing lead role in UN resolution on settlements
Corbyn destroying party says Labour peer Baroness Blood
Strategy to bring down Unite’s Len McCluskey revealed in election campaign document
UK farmers ‘absolutely’ stand to benefit from Brexit
Banking and business chiefs back staying in post-Brexit Britain
Theresa May lacks courage to admit complexity of Brexit, say civil servants
China open to Vatican talks – but Catholics must be patriots – (As John Wesley taught, RC’s loyalty will always be to the Pope. We in Ulster have proof of that!!!)
Paramilitary-linked murders double in a year
December 27
Voters will have to show passports to combat voter fraud in ‘vulnerable’ areas with large Muslim populations – (Who knows what is behind the burka!!!)
Electoral fraud: Voters will have to show ID in pilot scheme
Ken Livingstone attacks Tory voter fraud crackdown that will ‘hit Labour’
Corbyn hits back after Obama suggests Labour is ‘disintegrating’
Sinn Féin’s Barry McElduff warns over Irish language scheme cuts
Israel threatens to give Trump ‘evidence’ that Obama orchestrated UN resolution
Israel’s Netanyahu ‘snubs Theresa May’ over UK’s role in UN settlements vote
Benjamin Netanyahu faces ‘criminal investigation’ over fraud and bribery claims
Syrian man who filmed his daughters being sent on suicide mission is killed
Anti-migrant protests erupt in Netherlands as refugees housed in tiny town of 8,000
December 26
Lord King, former governor of the Bank of England, says Brexit brings ‘real opportunities’
Most British companies are optimistic about the future post-Brexit
Trump’s aide aide says Brexit ‘God-given opportunity’ for Dublin to take business from UK
Berlin market attack: Anis Amri’s escape journey
Politicians are to blame for terrorist attacks by not eliminating Isis
Israel settlements: Netanyahu snubs ‘shameful’ UN vote
UN demands end to Israel’s settlement building
Anger as US abstains while UN resolution condemns ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements
Israeli PM summons US ambassador amid UN vote row
Pakistan issues nuclear warning to Israel in response to ‘fake news’ story
Jamie Bryson will refuse PSNI request to hand over any material relevant to Nama investigation
DUBLIN GANG WAR – Hutch ally’s murder may lead to paramilitaries targeting Kinahans
December 24
Dublin accused of own national security veto on Troubles files
Soldier arrests make it look like the criminal justice system is ignoring past terror
RHI scandal: RHI ‘cash for ash’ scandal to cost NI taxpayers £490m
BENEFIT FARCE: ISIS fighters receiving unemployment benefits as they ‘need assistance’
Israel settlements: Netanyahu snubs ‘shameful’ UN vote
UN demands end to Israel’s settlement building
Anger as US abstains while UN resolution condemns ‘illegal’ Israeli settlements
Diplomatic terrorism at the UN, courtesy President Obama
Jamie Bryson will refuse PSNI request to hand over any material relevant to Nama investigation
DUBLIN GANG WAR – Hutch ally’s murder may lead to paramilitaries targeting Kinahans
December 23
Berlin attack suspect shot dead in Italy, security source claims
BERLIN ATTACKER SHOT DEAD: Anis Amri killed in shootout in Milan, Italy
BERLIN TERROR: Police STORM Mosque in search for asylum seeker suspected of Xmas attack
Berlin attack suspect reportedly visited mosque after market
Dashcam video of Berlin terror attack emerges
Intelligence lapses over Berlin festive market massacre suspect ‘shocking’
Two held over over suspected mall attack plot in Germany
Germany arrests two men over suspected shopping centre attack plot
‘Christmas Day terror plot’ foiled by Australian police
RHI scandal: ‘Hundreds’ abused flawed heating scheme
RHI scandal: Naming recpients ‘could be in breach of the law’
Why Arlene Foster is culpable over RHI
Jonathan Bell: My PhD could not have distraced (sic) from RHI
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness may step down, says former MLA McKay
Ashers to take gay cake discrimination case to UK Supreme Court
Dublin shooting: ‘Close friend of Gerry ‘the Monk’ Hutch’ shot dead in Clondalkin – (Those feuding have all had links to Republican terror groups!!)
Profile: Noel ‘Duck Egg’ Kirwan – what we know about latest victim in Kinahan-Hutch feud
Dublin: Man shot dead by lone gunman
Man in his 60s shot dead in Dublin as partner looked on
Furious army hero hounded for IRA fiend Joe McCann’s death claims ‘he was just doing his job’
Imagine if US Navy Seals charged with Bin Laden murder
Donald Trump: US must expand arsenal of nuclear weapons
Jeremy Corbyn should re-think hiring Sinn Fein aide, says ‘dismayed’ Bristol MP
December 22
Gay sports people should not be afraid to come out, says DUP’s Givan in major change of tone – (DUP continues its shift toward all-out pro-sodomite stance!!!)
Ashers: “Gay cake case” cannot be referred to Supreme Court
Ashers gay cake case: Attorney General John Larkin cannot refer case to Supreme Court, judges rule
RHI scandal: Major rebellion as parties cast doubt on speaker’s ability
RHI scandal: SF joins attack on speaker Robin Newton
Plans to close RHI scheme ‘may be fix to spare Arlene Foster’s blushes’
Berlin lorry attack: Tunisian ‘identified as suspect’
Berlin lorry attack: Who is Anis Amri?
Berlin terror attack: Tunisian suspect Anis Amri was investigated over earlier terror plot
Authorities under fire over Berlin suspect probe
MERKEL FACING RUIN: Everything has changed for Germany after Berlin terror, says expert
December 21
RHI scandal: Jim Allister doubts if Justice Minister Claire Sugden would bring down Stormont
Arlene Foster’s future is in Séin Fein’s hands – (The price of partnership with Sinn Fein/IRA!!!)
Sinn Fein warns of Stormont crisis if Foster does not step aside for RHI probe
Stormont continues to delay Arlene Foster’s RHI correspondence
Jonathan Bell: DUP minister ‘recorded key RHI meetings’
Sam McBride: An astonishing full-frontal assault on the Speaker, weakening him
Petition to ‘stop pursuit of NI forces veterans’
MP brands Troubles-related prosecutions of ex-soldiers ‘a witch-hunt’
Legacy branch investigating claims made by IRA man turned solicitor
Berlin terror attack: Police launch new manhunt after admitting they may have arrested wrong man
BERLIN TERROR SUSPECT RELEASED: Pakistani asylum seeker let go by German police
Cleric: IRA man I knew probably sanctioned attempt to kill me
SF silent on McGuinness’ illness
Abortion provider Marie Stopes put women at risk, watchdog says – (That is, as well as ending the life of the unborn child!!!)
Cavan man Barry Petticrew jailed over Fermanagh bomb find
Fermanagh weapons find: Explosives destined for new IRA
December 20
Berlin Christmas market death toll mounts – evidence ‘points to terror attack’
Germany ‘in mourning’ after 12 killed in lorry ‘terror attack’
Berlin Christmas market lorry suspect is ‘Pakistan migrant’
End of Merkel? German leader pictured minutes after Berlin attack as she honoured migrants
Shots fired at US embassy in Turkey after Russian ambassador Andrei Karlov murdered in Ankara
Gunman fires shots outside US embassy in Ankara hours after Russian ambassador killed
Newry man facing jail for making false gay rape claim
Police hunt Belfast care worker who abused elderly residents
Stormont speaker Newton blames Executive Office over Arlene Foster RHI statement confusion
Arlene Foster survives attempts to force her to stand down
Foster needs a show of humility to try and rescue her damaged reputation
MLAs walk out of Assembly ahead of Foster speech
Crucial RHI email proves Arlene Foster was told of abuse in 2013
RHI scandal: Even when clearing up its mess, DETI got key word wrong
RHI scandal: As he closed disastrous scheme, Jonathan Bell claimed it was a success
Newton asked to reconsider speaker role after overseeing assembly ‘farce’
Robin Newton: ‘Concerns recognised’ over RHI statement
McGuinness turns down heat on Foster after confidence vote
Stormont’s annual panto makes it hard to work out who the villain is
Fionnuala O Connor: McGuinness’s health moves centre stage as RHI crisis deepens
Dissident republicans blamed for shooting of teenager
PSNI explain why no officers on Poppy bomb probe
Forgotten Official IRA man Joe McCann was part of republican revival in 60s
Fifa condemned after UK national teams fined over poppy displays
December 19
R.C. Sproul Jr. Resigned From Ligonier Ministries After Felonious DUI Arrest With Minor in Vehicle
Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not ‘a magician with a magic wand’ – (No one promotes ‘magic wand’ theology more than Bible-rejecting Romanism with all its sham ‘miracles’!!)
Stormont Economy minister Simon Hamilton releases official papers to challenge Jonathan Bell claims
RHI scandal: Foster signed key costs declaration
Official explanation for catastrophic RHI decision is not remotely credible
RHI scandal: Sinn Féin warn DUP of ‘grave consequences’ over Foster statement
RHI scandal: Sinn Fein wants four-month ‘independent inquiry’
Sinn Féin and DUP square up over the next moves in ‘cash-for-ash’ inquiry
Jonathan Bell suspended from DUP after comments about Arlene Foster
RHI scandal: Jonathan Bell suspended from DUP
Jonathan Bell suspended from DUP after comments about Arlene Foster
RHI scandal: ‘DUP have dragged devolution into the gutter’, says UUP leader – (In truth that is where “power-sharing with Sinn Fein” originated!!!)
RHI scandal: Adams fails to confirm S.F. support for ‘No Confidence’ vote
Sinn Fein will not back SDLP motion to suspend First Minister Arlene Foster for six months
RHI scandal: Gerry Adams calls for independent investigation
Neither Arlene Foster nor Jonathan Bell are ‘shrinking violets’ says Mark H Durkan
RHI scandal: Cross-party pressure for judge-led public inquiry
BBC offered to cut prayer footage, but Bell refused – (Matthew 6:6 comes to mind!!)
‘Joe McCann was a ruthless and dangerous terrorist’
Next we will be prosecuting King William for fighting at the Boyne, says target of Joe McCann
Sinn Féin MLA Gerry Kelly ‘victim of assault’
Man held after Sinn Fein’s Gerry Kelly suffers facial injuries in assault
My fear killer will get pension, by daughter of train IRA bomb victim – (The DUP compromises of 2007 have led to the ‘upside down’ morality operating in Ulster!!!)
December 17
Paratroopers to face trial over Belfast killing of IRA chief Joe McCann – (Joe McCann told me he was a dedicated IRA killer (see https://www.ivanfoster.net/pdf/July1605.pdf)
Two elderly ex soldiers, aged in their 60s, to face murder trial for shooting IRA man in 1972
Two ex-soldiers face charges over ‘murder’ of IRA man
RHI scandal: McGuinness calls on NI first minister to step aside
McGuinness calls for Foster to stand aside over RHI
‘Cash for ash’ row takes new twist as Jonathan Bell to sue Arlene Foster over comments
Sam McBride: Foster’s future no longer secure, but she is still likely to survive
Jonathan Bell or Arlene Foster – who is telling the truth about RHI?
RHI scandal: ‘Ministerial perks may have stopped Bell quitting’
Day where not a single DUP figure comes to Bell’s aid
Who are the special advisers named by Jonathan Bell?
Assembly to debate suspending Arlene Foster for six months over RHI scandal
RHI scandal: Public’s faith in the institutions must be nearing rock-bottom – (They only ever were a house built on sand!!!)
Alex Kane: We are now witnessing the ugly side of `normal’ politics
Protesters take to the streets over RHI scandal
Ashers gay cake case: Christian bakers to pursue appeal at Supreme Court
VIDEO 1000 Muslims block London streets chanting Allahu Akbar to demand Islamic caliphate
‘Give us more money or we will kill you’ Migrants kidnap refugee centre workers in Italy
December 16
Bell: Foster shouted at me to keep disastrous RHI scheme open
First Minister Arlene Foster ordered botched RHI scheme to be kept open, says DUP MLA Jonathan Bell
Foster: Bell ‘used his physical bulk’ when confronting me
Sam McBride: Bell’s significance stems from his multiple ties to Peter Robinson
Jonathan Bell profile: He has been a loyal lieutenant to Robinson
In full: DUP MLA Jonathan Bell’s Nolan interview
Energy scheme scandal fall out
RHI scandal: Reaction to Jonathan Bell’s revelations
RHI scandal: Jonathan Bell in heating scheme revelations – (Arlene’s plan to welcome the Pope followed by disaster!!)
Top DUP man breaks ranks over renewable heat scandal – (“Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man (or a Party) soweth, that shall he also reap,” Galatians 6:7)
Ex-minister Jonathan Bell vows to “tell the truth” over green energy controversy
Arlene Foster: Bell has crossed the line with DUP – (Telling the truth in politics was never a welcome option !!!)
(Stormont) Ex-minister says millions wasted on NI energy scheme
DUP’s Jonathan Bell: I’ll tell the truth over RHI scandal and it will ruin my career
Dodds on offensive over RHI criticism as SF says it won’t back no confidence motion – (DUP now in even deeper debt to Sinn Fein!!!)
DUP had no right to share my email, says RHI whistleblower
Adams, Kenny and Martin want an All Ireland state in the EU
Stormont Opposition damp squib that has failed to fire public’s imagination
Free Presbyterian manse benefits from botched RHI scheme
Families ‘have sparked new police inquiries’ over Kingsmills massacre – (DIY policing!!!!)
Kingsmills massacre: Survivor says he believes agents involved
Kingsmills inquest ‘on hold’ while palm print probe goes on
300,000-name anti-abortion petition ‘collection of nine previous petitions’ – (It says something about the cause and its supporters when such deceit is employed!!!)
December 15
Victims’ outrage at Loughgall IRA families’ cash plea – (Only republicans would have the shameless brazenness to make such a demand!!!!)
It will be an outrage if inquests into Loughgall thugs get any priority
Former IRA commander suspected of being at Stack meeting
Adams: I have no plans to run for Irish Presidency
Ex-Sinn Fein staffer joins Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership team
Brexit Border call by UK House of Lords a sign of sea change in Anglo-Irish relations
Ian Paisley Jr: ‘House of Lords report is doing Dublin’s bidding over Brexit’
Brussels SHAMBLES as EU leaders turn on each other in HUGE Brexit split over tactics
Jihadists are ‘hiding in plain sight’ among migrants, head of the Armed Forces says
Charter NI continued to receive public money after fire destroyed audit files
Defence Secretary: PSNI probe into soldier killings will ‘not descend into a witch hunt’
Director for Public Prosecutions Barra McGrory denies ‘political’ cases against soldiers – (He was Sinn Fein choice for this post!!!!)
Rev Mervyn Gibson appointed as new grand secretary of Orange Order – (Quite an endorsement by the OO of his call for a lifting of the ban on Mass attendance by OO members!!!!)
Orange Order: Mervyn Gibson elected new grand secretary
Further DUP links to beneficiaries of Stormont’s flawed Renewable Heat Incentive
Special Assembly meeting to discuss heating scandal
DUP’s Jonathan Bell: I’ll tell the truth over RHI scandal and it will ruin my career
SDLP to table motion of no confidence in Arlene Foster
Arlene Foster ‘victim of heat scheme witch hunt’ says deputy
How was EU persuaded only “useful heat” funded under RHI scheme?
December 14
Arlene Foster ‘intervened to keep heat scheme subsidy open’
Stakeknife: Alleged one-time top British agent inside IRA facing at least 9 separate lawsuits
4 Questions Stephen Brimstone and the DUP must answer
‘Smoking gun’ in RHI scandal shows Foster’s culpability: Nesbitt
MLAs to consider calling Foster to exceptional hearing over renewables scheme
Police probe into Troubles killings ‘could destroy peace process’ – (The price of ‘peace’ is terrorists go free!!!)
Dublin must account for its part in Troubles killings: Donaldson
Dublin accused of ‘gross hypocrisy’ on dealing with past statement
Terror suspect’s bail varied so he can holiday in Spain
Migrant boat captain gets 18-year sentence after 675 died in Med
December 13
Jim Allister: The border must not move to Irish Sea
Charter NI: PSNI chief constable stands by paramilitary activity claim – (We have in Government, with DUP approval, those who engaged in terror and murder so what’s new!!!!)
No concerns over work of charity Charter NI, say police
Arlene Foster and Hamilton discuss Charter NI UDA links – (Things have not gone to well for the First Minister since she said she would meet the pope!!!!)
Northern Ireland Executive ‘can’t ignore furore over Charter NI links to UDA activity’
Arlene Foster says botched energy scheme was ‘shocking failure and I have duty to deal with it’
I will not resign over ash for cash heating scheme, says Arlene Foster
Arlene Foster announces botched heating scheme inspection
Inspections ‘on all usages of heating scheme’ – Foster
Arlene Foster’s former special advisor claimed on RHI scheme
Brother of Arlene Foster’s advisor benefits from botched energy scheme
Co Antrim church will give ‘surplus’ RHI cash to charity
Adams’ secrecy on Stack murder ‘explains delay in dealing with past’
Bertie Ahern appears to back Gerry Adams over Stack controversy
Gerry Adams will look to his own first and that limits Sinn Féin’s growth
Brokenshire rules out publishing deal on past unless DUP and SF agree
Up to five may have had role in killing of ex-Real IRA man
Chilling map shows THOUSANDS of women and children sexually attacked by migrants
Muslims ‘claim TAXPAYERS’ CASH to attend Koran lessons already offered to them for FREE’
Aleppo civilians ‘shot on the spot’ in their homes – UN
December 12
RHI: Fatally flawed scheme compounded by an even more fatally flawed response
Arlene Foster challenged to face Assembly committee over RHI ‘total fiasco’
Arlene Foster ‘nothing to hide’ in botched heating scheme
Public money could heat Northern Ireland Ferrari showroom for next 20 years
Botched Renewable Heating Incentive used to heat Ferrari showroom in Belfast
DUP: SPAD did not meet RHI whistleblower
Was Stephen Brimstone the only DUP insider to apply to RHI scheme?
TUV man slams Orange Lodge’s alcohol licence request – (A ‘Temperance’ lodge seeks alcohol licence: DUP propose granting it !!!!?????)
Ex-IRA bomber slams definition of victim
Gardai probe ex-IRA chief and close pal of Gerry Adams as SF president starts to feel the pressure
IRA man and abuse suspect arrested by Spanish detectives
Ministers criticise Adams for refusal to name IRA official
Ferris unrepentant about criticism of Stack and repeats Nazi slur against prison officers
Stack fury at TD’s Nazi slur on father
Brian Stack killing: Paul Quinn’s family give support to prison officer’s family
‘Adams should do the right thing and name the people who killed our son’
TD says Adams’ silence is ‘dangerous and sinister’
Adams won’t be pushed, but Sinn Féin could give him the shove
Adams: I found out in 2013 that IRA killed Brian Stack
Gerry Adams may halt work with Troubles victims’ families
Mary Lou: the Sinn Féiner who’s really a mé féiner
Again this week we saw why we must pause on the legacy inquests that Sinn Fein is demanding
One of Adams’s lieutenants to face ‘kangaroo court’ charges
United Ireland campaign has been a failure
Troubles envoy warns of damage from row about prosecuting UK troops
How news of Papal visit to Northern Ireland sees rise of religious intolerance again – (One of the most stupid ecumenists around!!!)
‘Soldiers cannot be diminished’
December 10
Northern Ireland says yes to same-sex marriage, latest polling finds – (A deceitful ‘online’ stunt to make people believe this is what the majority want!!)
DUP MLA: I’d no role in £270k church RHI boiler
Compel flagrant RHI abusers to face the public, says ex-MLA
Calls to stop charity funding over ‘paramilitary activity links’
Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has revealed why IRA murdered Stack
Could 1983 Brian Stack murder signal final act in Adams’ long career?
Colm Murphy’s son Conan jailed for possession of explosives
SAS veteran Andy McNab fears he is next in Army killings ‘witch-hunt’
Scots cleric raps Sturgeon for call urging Northern Ireland women to seek an abortion there
Fuel laundering plant shut down after raid by armed gardai
Catholic bishop and the DUP sing from the same hymn sheet when it comes to their opposition to abortion – (The BT, as ever, gets it wrong for the Bible’s teaching on abortion is not the same as that of the RC Church!!!)
Russia ‘interfered’ to help Trump in election, CIA concludes
Russia ‘tried to influence US election in favour of Trump’ – US intelligence
Supreme Court Brexit appeal: Judges ‘heading for split 7-4 decision’ in narrow win for Remain campaigners – (If this proves to be true, it shows just how divided the nation is!!!)
Second Brexit legal challenge could be tabled in Irish courts
Refugees housed by YOUR CASH have ‘burnt down homes, attacked staff and grown drugs’
December 9
Bible of plane crash footie star found in wreckage – with HEARTBREAKING message
Hamilton: ‘I want to apologise to heat scheme whistleblower’
‘Medical advice’ stopped McGuinness China trip
Martin McGuinness pulls out of China trip to undergo medical tests
‘Majority of public’ support equipping police with Tasers in England and Wales
Jamie Bryson claims property developer’s Daithi McKay legal action ‘attempt to expose his sources’
Developer Kearney picking soft target by suing ex-MLA McKay, says Bryson
New paramilitarism awareness campaign ‘a bit tame’, says MLA
Gerry Adams accused of lying by victim’s son
Watch: Son of murdered prison officer Brian Stack calls Gerry Adams ‘a liar’ in confrontation
‘You are an absolute disgrace’ – Son of murdered prison officer faces down Gerry Adams
Adams challenged to name IRA figure
Stack murder: Kenny seeks to put further pressure on Adams
Tony Blair’s IRA amnesty should also apply to British soldiers
Renewable heating scheme: ‘Five minutes of research’ uncovered funding flaws
Terrorism most immediate threat to UK, says MI6
December 8
Peers approve ‘Turing’s Law’ gay pardons for NI – (DUP MLAs must bear responsibility for this vile bill becoming law: “Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin,” James 4:17!!!)
Northern Ireland men convicted for being gay to be pardoned within weeks
BREXIT VICTORY: Remoaner plot CRUSHED as MPs vote to APPROVE triggering of Article 50
Real IRA commander Aidan O’Driscoll shot dead in Cork ambush attack
Former chief of staff of Real IRA shot and killed in Cork city
Latest: Victim of Cork shooting Aidan ‘The Beast’ O’Driscoll was targeted before
Assassins shot Real IRA commander in the back before pumping bullets into him as he lay dying
Gardai fear reprisal attacks after Real IRA commander is shot dead in ambush attack
There is still the will and capacity for killing on streets of Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire warns over a continuing terror threat
Is no cause too toxic for (Irish) TDs who backed Real IRA terrorist?
Former football coach arrested in Northern Ireland over sex abuse claims
Ex-Celtic kitman Jim McCafferty arrested in Belfast after confessing to abusing young players
Ex-football coach Jim McCafferty charged with sexual activity with a child
Hundreds of police (in police in England and Wales) accused of sexual exploitation – (The ever-deepening quagmire of iniquity in public life!!!)
Hundreds of police accused of abusing power to sexually exploit victims and suspects
British troops ‘to be investigated’ over killings during the Troubles in Northern Ireland
First Minister should ‘consider her position’ after revelations over heating scandal
Nesbitt urges Foster to consider position over botched renewable energy scheme
Arlene Foster rejects calls to resign over botched renewable energy scheme
Renewable heating scheme: Eastwood calls on first minister to explain involvement
If McGuinness is so glad the Pope is visiting, why won’t he listen to his position on abortion?
Jim Allister Exposes SF-IRA Hypocrisy in Moving Human Rights Motion
Sinn Fein pair named in Dail are urged to comment on prison officer murder
Brian Stack murder: Gerry Adams makes personal statement to Dáil
Gerry Adams denies accusation he lied to Dáil over Brian Stack case
Sinn Féin in turmoil as senior TDs linked to Stack murder
Brian Stack killing: Sinn Féin TDs deny murder involvement
Sinn Fein pair named in Dail are urged to comment on prison officer murder
‘I did not abuse Dáil privilege’ – TD who named two Sinn Féin deputies over Stack murder
Sinn Féin TDs alleged to have withheld information on Brian Stack murder
RC Priest told parents of abused girl (6) to ‘forget about attacks’ – court hears
Sinn Féin defend role of former prisoners after criticism of group headed by UVF killer – (Simply safeguarding a “trough” in which they also have their snouts!!!)
December 7
Marital faithfulness is the one protected area in today’s promiscuous society.
Angela Merkel calls for burka ban in Germany
Breaking point? Merkel will have to spend £2.52BILLION to deport HALF A MILLION migrants
Brexit: Theresa May U-turns and says Government will reveal plans before Article 50 is triggered
Brexit crunch time as government faces challenges from court and MPs
Attorney general John Larkin criticised by SDLP over position on Brexit
Stormont’s incredible Kafkaesque reply to questions about spin doctor
Group headed by loyalist killer gets £900k of funding from taxpayers
Mask slips over political class’s double standards on the gangster menace
Adams says he is prepared to make statement on Stack case
Gerry Adams prepared to make Dáil statement on Brian Stack case
Adams has information on officer’s killing, says shooting victim’s son
Free-for-all as 99pc of applicants to botched £270m heating scheme approved
Prosecutions warning over ‘shocking’ abuse of Renewable Heat Incentive scheme
Theresa May to have dinner with leaders who support beheading, executing gay people, and ‘disappearing’ their critics – (Sounds a bit like Stormont!!!)
December 6
Video: Shocking footage shows dissidents armed with rocket launchers roaming Belfast streets
Audio: Pope Francis is a marxist and not welcome in the North, says Rev. Brown
Fatal foetal abnormality: David Ford’s abortion bill begins assembly passage
Staggering £800,000 weekly bill for benefit fraud in Northern Ireland
Veteran republican Ivor Bell ‘suffering from dementia’ – (He was suffering from worse than that when engaged in the IRA murder campaign!!!!)
Pearse Jordan: Police officers reported to prosecutors – (These two stories highlight the shameful and ludicrous state of ‘law & order’ in Ulster!!!)
No action yet by Sinn Fein chief Gerry Adams after BBC’s claim about killing
Missing Armagh haulier PJ Flynn ‘may have fallen foul of IRA’
McDonald claim contradicts Adams on Stack murder timing
Sinn Fein rhetoric ignores fact that Irish unity would kill off unionism
PSNI officers told: hurling sticks are not offensive weapons
‘You will never get rid of terror murals’ says loyalist
December 5
Italy referendum: PM Matteo Renzi resigns after clear defeat
Italian PM Matteo Renzi resigns after crushing 20-point defeat in constitutional referendum
Attorney General warns Supreme Court not to ‘stray into areas of political judgement’ in Brexit case
Arlene Foster urged to raise China’s human rights record during trade mission – (Being in league with Sinn Fein/IRA she is hardly likely to do that!!!!!)
DUP and SF view Eastwood and Nesbit like Fathers Ted and Dougal
Adams hasn’t spoke to SF politicians since email controversy emerged
Mary Lou McDonald, Sinn Féin deputy leader, aware of names linked to Brian Stack murder
Mary Lou McDonald repeats ambition to be Sinn Féin leader
David Trimble: ‘The shine is coming off Sinn Féin’
This was the week that rocked Sinn Féin as the Gerry Adams questions mount up
Sammy Wilson rejects paramilitary ‘mediation’ idea for Carrick
Man accused of firearms offences ‘heavily connected’ to UDA
Justice Minster Claire Sugden to lift lid on crime and terror ties
Pope’s visit will do little to tackle challenges facing Church
Papal visit will remind us just how tangled Church and State still are
The ‘Catholic-before-all-else’ Ireland is gone – and it’s the Church’s own fault
Fundamentalist (Roman) Catholics are turning people off church in Ireland – (McVeigh has been a long-time supporter of the IRA!!!!!)
French town ordered to remove Virgin Mary statue from public park or face punishment
TV choir priest Fr Hugh Kennedy quizzed over sex assault
DUP man: I revealed my HIV ignorance to combat stigma – (Is this stupid man really ignorant of the fact that HIV originates with the immoral and unnatural activities of sodomites???)
Church’s own paper puts cost of bishops under microscope – (The cost of the moral influence of such will never be fully known until the judgment of God!!)
December 3
Gerry Adams passing names to police ‘breaches IRA rules’
Former north Antrim MLA Daithi McKay has quit Sinn Fein
DUP man: I revealed my HIV ignorance to combat stigma – (The fools supporting this campaign ignore the fact that ‘AIDS’ has it origins in the wickedness of sodomy!!!)
Edward Heath abuse claims: Police defend investigation
Police chief reveals ‘significant number of allegations’ in Ted Heath case
Northern Ireland jail cell costlier than hotel room
Man dies in suspected gangland shooting in Dublin park
Murder inquiry after well-known criminal shot dead
Crowds gather as ‘Virgin Mary’ image appears on house in Co Limerick – (Old superstitions die hard in popish Ireland!!)
Article 50 High Court ruling relegated public’s Brexit vote to a ‘footnote’, Attorney General says
Theresa May to dare Parliament to ‘defy the will of the people’ if she loses Article 50 court battle
‘Sign your own death warrant’ Furious Theresa May DARES Lords to vote down Article 50
December 2
Gerry Adams claims Stack murder names row being ’twisted’ by media
Adams criticised over claims about murder suspects by victim’s son
SDLP, TUV quiz Adams over murder
Ex-MLA Daithi McKay quits Sinn Fein
Adams obliged to end confusion over murder
DUP councillor: Evangelicals should speak out against papal visit – (But don’t follow the example of the DUP’s failure to act against the validating of sodomy at Stormont!!!)
DUP’s Wilson says some diseases affect far more than AIDS
DUP’s Bradley ‘disappointed’ by Wilson’s AIDS comments
DA estate is price of ingrained criminality, says DUP’s Sammy Wilson
Drugs claim loyalist’s son months after UVF man Campbell died of overdose
Hamilton: There was bias in RUC’s investigation of UVF bar bombing
Derry Four: duo of former Police Ombudsman staff reported
December 1
Jim Allister was isolated in gay pardon debate – (The whole issue shames Ulster Christianity!!!)
UDA boss Dee Stitt ‘lied’ on his Charter NI application
Foster: It would be illegal if I sacked Dee Stitt
‘Not legal’ to direct charity chief’s sacking over UDA allegations, says Foster
McGuinness’s impotence over Dee Stitt affair shows us that DUP dominates the Executive
Probe launched after third death at Maghaberry Prison
DUP’s Wilson says some diseases affect far more than AIDS
Support for Scottish independence below referendum vote: poll
Johnny Adair: ‘PIRA fought a justified war’ – (This shows just where this gangster’s loyalties lie – with those of the same mindset as himself -MURDER!!!)
‘Ireland may quit EU,’ says Farage – and only a fool would dismiss him
Leave voters’ patience is starting to wear thin as they fear betrayal
Muslim families sending children to Catholic schools – (How surprising !!??)
Senior republican who killed Brian Stack ‘disciplined’ by IRA – Adams – (Ah well, that’s ok then. No need for the police to act. This is the party that ‘supports’ law and order in Stormont!!!)
(Roman) Catholic priest’s daughter Déarbhla shares incredible story of love and pride
Bishop of Leeds: Some Christians too scared to talk about faith in public – (Is that what happened the DUP in Stormont on Monday ???!!)
An examination of Galatians 1:4 conducted over four Sabbath mornings in Tavistock Free Presbyterian Church by visiting preacher, Rev Ivan Foster (Retired)
Traditional Unionist Voice MLA, Jim Allister received no support whatever from any professing Christian in the Assembly and therefore his amendment to the Bill fell.
“And the LORD of hosts shall stir up a scourge for him according to the slaughter of Midian at the rock of Oreb: and as his rod was upon the sea, so shall he lift it up after the manner of Egypt,” Isaiah 10:26.
I have heard it said that the incident in Ruth 3:3 has been used to justify a woman attempting to make herself beautiful by the means of makeup!
It is strange how that a turning of the back upon God brings about a reversing of a person’s moral values!
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage, Galatians 5:1.
It is promoting a Jesuit conference in Nairobi in July 2017 on the subject of the relationship between Catholics and Protestants on African soil in African history. Since the Jesuits came into existence to destroy the Protestant Reformation we have little doubt as to the objectives of this conference!!
(Synopsis of the message preached by Rev Ivan Foster at the ‘Welcome Home’ rally 50 years ago today, Oct 23-16)
“For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you,”1 Corinthians 11:19.
“When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him,” Isaiah 59:19.
He says that Orange Order Orange Order members ‘should be allowed to attend Mass’!
♦ His departure cannot get much worse and leaves his supporters with a stark choice.