July 2014

The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland and the wicked abuse of children.

“ . . . . instruments of cruelty are in their habitations,” Genesis 49:5.
“ . . . . the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty,” Psalm 74:20.

There can be no greater example of man’s cruelty than the abuse of children. Humanity universally has a natural affection for its young. Even the animal kingdom manifests such tenderness. Have we not all watched in wonder as the fearsome lion, the terrifying crocodile and many other savage creatures display a kindliness toward their young, so uncharacteristic of the reputation they have earned for themselves? Read more…. or use the player below to listen.



Euthanasia in the news….

Recently, some leading clerics have come out in favour of changing the law so that those terminally ill may choose to end their lives. We are remounting two printed sermons from May 2004 and another from May 2006. They deal with the vitally important issue of death. Both were preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church by the then minister, Rev Ivan Foster.

1. Death: a leap in the dark or a step of faith?

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2. Euthanasia: Is it really a good death?

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Rewarding the violent and punishing the lawful

“Unionists quit talks, warn of potential for violence, but urge peaceful protest after Ardoyne decision”

“Peter Robinson: Parades Commission ruling is threat to institutions”
These are but two of the local press headlines following the walk-out by loyalist politicians from talks with the Parades Commission on the issue of parades and flags. Read more…

 

The importance of the prayer meeting

The enemy and the prayer meeting

“And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him,” Zechariah 3:1.
We can gauge the importance of prayer in many ways, none better than its impact upon the enemy and the enemy’s attitude toward it.
The enemy fears and resists most that which threatens and damages him. Read more…

 

Latest news stories

Shots fired at Northern Ireland police car in Derry cityDerry gun attack on PSNI ‘the work of maniacs’

Maze prison (prisoner control) regime must not return: Givan

‘No flag is worth a man’s life’ – Kingmills massacre victim in plea after friend Ossie Bradley drowns in lake

NI Housing Executive employee charged with terror offences

Woman ‘tried to identify’ PSNI protected witnesses

Palestine official invited to Fermanagh hunger strike event – (This shows where Irish Republicans sympathies lie in present middle-east troubles)

Stormont budget: DUP and Sinn Féin ‘reach agreement’ on monitoring round

DUP and Sinn Fein in new war of words over welfare cuts

Stormont budget: DUP and Sinn Féin ‘reach agreement’ on monitoring round

WW1 centenary commemoration taking place in Dublin

British ambassador praises spirit of first World War (Irish) commemoration

Ebola: UK border staff ‘unprepared’ says union leader

Border staff ‘unprepared’ to spot Ebola cases arriving in UK

Nato ‘unprepared’ for Russia threat, say MPs

Orange Order plans memorial to brethren killed during the Troubles

Prince Philip’s former aide charged with sex assault on girl aged 12

 

More news

July 30

Watchdog acts over Stormont’s refusal to answer questions

Jim Allister: I’ll take advantage of OFMDFM ruling – (Information Commissioner’s Office dismissed attempt by Robinson and McGuinness to fob off questions they could not agree an answer on)

Stormont’s Duplicity Exposed

‘Kind-hearted Ossy was loyal, not sectarian’

 ‘Dignity of IRA victims in contrast to hunger strike march organisers’

East Belfast racist attacks ’orchestrated’ to spread fear

Racist attacks on Romanian immigrants blight East Belfast

Sinn Fein outspends political rivals while UUP makes £94k loss

First World War fallen to be remembered in Northern Ireland 100 years on

Stop Church sacking gay vicars who marry, says senior Tory

July 29

Answering Assembly questions would undermine Assembly, leaders claim

David Cameron’s migrant benefits crackdown to be investigated by European Commission

Man dies in Bessbrook lake at centre of tricolour row

Pensioner drowns trying to remove tricolours: Man thought Bessbrook pond flags were ‘insult to Kingmills massacre victims’

Scotch-Irish pioneer marked by Blue Plaque

Fury at Sinn Fein mayor’s ‘boycott Israel’ call

Newry mayor : Unionists call for apology over Gaza letter

Practising (Roman) Catholic Ruth Hunt heads gay rights group Stonewall

Sinn Fein and SDLP wrong to oppose National Crime Agency

Coleraine Mayor George Duddy’s home attacked

July 28

MH17 crash: Black boxes show plane suffered ‘massive explosive decompression’ following shrapnel hit

Thatcher’s bodyguard says he warned her about underage sex rumours about close aide amid claims senior ministers were named in dossier

Nicky Morgan appoints gay rights campaigner as special advisor

Thatcher ‘told of sex party claims’

Thousands scale Croagh Patrick in Irish holy mountain climb – (The old superstitions prevail)

Unionist Lord Kilclooney under fire as he attacks Israel’s blitz on Gaza

Hundreds join Belfast Gaza protest – (“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee,” Psalm 122:6)

Violence breaks out during Gaza protest march in Cardiff

Probe Dublin’s ‘secret IRA amnesty’: Victim’s solicitor

Blair urged to attend MPs’ probe into on the runs

Marie Stopes clinic head Dawn Purvis left frightened for her safety by pro-life charity chief, court told – (Strange how easily frightened are those engaged in the slaughter of the unborn!)

Unionists hit out as UN condemns crimebuster ban

July 26

Sinn Fein rails at Mike Nesbitt over victims’ body comments

Fears over OTR inquiry powers

Bobby Sands’ agent Owen Carron speaks at hunger strike event

Show compassion for IRA victims in Derrylin, urges MLA Tom Elliott

Decisions on Northern Ireland budget cuts may be put off until autumn

UN criticises Northern Ireland’s failure to sign up to National Crime Agency

Dana brother cleared on all sex abuse charges

A niece and a sister of Dana continue their civil legal action against her in Dublin’s High Court

Tory MP says astrology is good for the health

July 25

Dana’s brother John Brown found not guilty of two counts sex abuse – verdicts on three more charges yet to come

Call for return of 1916 Tricolour from Imperial War Museum

Simon Hamilton jumped gun on budget plan, says Sinn Fein

THREE republicans including Mountfield man Francis Mackey have been detained by authorities at a Canadian airport

‘Cover-up to protect politicians after abuse claims’

DUP minister Nelson McCausland has to quit, insist fellow unionists

Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister silence on ministerial code

Catholic Church defrocks 52 priests for sex abuse

Sudan ‘apostasy’ woman Meriam Yahia Ibrahim meets Pope

Plaque tribute to ‘Moses of the Scots-Irish’

UN attacks Irish abortion rules

July 24

Propaganda oblivious to Jewish tears as it stokes the fires of anti-Semitism

Vehemence of anger against Israel shocking

Loyalist paramilitary gang ‘shot man by appointment’ in Derry

The ‘Boston College Tapes’ Document Northern Ireland’s Murderous Past

McCausland goes to ground as calls for him to quit grow

Nelson McCausland: Minister denies misleading DSD committee

McCausland deliberately misled the Assembly, inquiry determines

Time and again, the DUP threatened to sue – but didn’t – (This does bring into questions their denials of guilt!!)

In an other democracy McCausland would have to resign, says Jim Allister

Public wants legal threat to bakery over gay marriage cake dropped, says poll – (Poll also reveals the impact of sodomite propaganda on younger generation)

Police officer faced punishment for ‘eating an ice cream as he drove’ – (The lunatics have taken over the asylum!!)

Haven’t they suffered enough? Now MH17 victim’s wife is forced to cancel his credit cards because they were being USED by thieving pro-Russian rebels

Sudanese mother who was put on death row for marrying a Christian arrives in Rome to meet the Pope – (This makes clear the character of the woman’s “Christianity”)

July 23

Unionists stand together in urging Theresa Villiers to back Belfast Telegraph plan to resolve parade crisis

Michael Martin (Fianna Fáil leader) and Leo Varadkar (Fine Gael spokesman) reject idea of coalition with Sinn Féin

Public cannot trust Sinn Féin until it starts telling the truth – Leo Varadkar, the Dublin health minister

I’m proud to be from Northern Ireland: Rory McIlroy – (Though he will represent the Republic of Ireland at the Olympics!!!)

Church of England to use positive discrimination to boost women bishops – (There is no question of them using the Bible !!!)

July 22

MH17: ‘You killed 298 people, Russia. We demand the truth’

Bodies of MH17 victims and black boxes handed over after deal struck with rebels

Israel hits hundreds of targets in Gaza as soldier is confirmed missing

Dana breaks down in dock as she denies being involved in a cover-up of brother’s sexual abuse

Parties need to tell the truth

Location for hunger strike commemoration confirmed

Victims reassured Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry won’t be axed after cash threat ‘nightmare’

Opinion: Hamas take lead from Hitler

July 21

DUP MP Jeffrey Donaldson’s anger over (Dublin’s) IRA ‘amnesty’ claim

Answers demanded over ‘IRA amnesty’

DUP wants clarity over McDowell on-the-run remarks

First John Downey – now second IRA court case could collapse over OTR comfort note

Parliament was deliberately deceived on OTRs, says former Labour MP

Analysis: Dame Hallett undermined by her verdict on the misleading Peter Hain

‘My father was a sexual predator like Jimmy Savile’ says son of former Tory MP

Raid on a children’s home topples reputation of secular saint Mama Rosa

(Cardinal) Sean Brady among clerics who tried to blame me, says abuse victim

Police investigate historical sex abuse claims against Lord Tonypandy

Willie Frazer ‘threatened’ at Belfast pro-Palestinian rally

July 18

SF slammed for ‘wrong message’ in hunger strike parade debate – (This report highlights the inhumanity and cruelty of RC supporters of the IRA)

Outlaw terrorist memorials: Families of terror victims

Victims kept in dark over IRA comfort letters – report

Tony Blair and ministers lobbied for amnesty for IRA suspect

On the Runs scheme ‘not amnesty and lawful’ says judge

Inquiry blames ‘systemic failures’ after IRA suspects were wrongly told they were not wanted by police

Hallett report: Sinn Fein says amnesty claims ‘a unionist myth’

On-the-runs: A grubby deal and a shambles, but not a secret – (Then the DUP did know about the deal !!)

Report Fails the Robinson Test – Will he now go OTR on his Promise?

Russian rebel leader boasts shooting down Malaysia Airlines jet

Ireland confronts past treatment of unmarried mothers

Judge Yvonne Murphy to head mother and baby homes’ inquiry in Ireland

Dana’s brother John Brown testifies at Harrow Crown Court

July 17

Revealed: The secret ‘arrests’ of IRA fugitve on the runs

 IRA suspects handed ‘comfort letters’ to remain anonymous despite review

 Assisted suicide ‘death squad’ docs

 ‘It’s a very personal decision’ Care Minister backs change in law on assisted dying

 GAA referee jailed for child sex abuse

 Ex-aide to PM in court over images

 ‘Victim’ spoke out after Dana said on TV claims were lie

 Kincora abuse scandal: Now it’s no longer merely a Northern Ireland nightmare

 Kincora: ‘Highest profile people connected to abuse’ claim

 Cyril Smith: ‘evidence of sex abuse’ was overruled CPS report shows

 PSNI probes female teacher’s relationship with Antrim schoolboy at St Benedict’s College, Randalstown

 UDR memorial site desecrated

 Victims hit out at 10,000 strong hungerstrike parade

 IRA victim hits out at ‘sick’ hunger strike parade through Derrylin

Michelle Gildernew: ‘Unionists were considered in Derrylin parade’

July 16

IRA victim hits out at ‘sick’ hunger strike parade through Derrylin

On-the-Runs: Use of intelligence intercept evidence in UK courts would have enabled prosecutions against many Troubles murder suspects, says ex-minister

Irish priests and nuns are now ‘facing extinction’

Kincora victim: ‘NI home should be part of UK child abuse inquiry’

660 arrest over accessing online child abuse images

660 Paedophone suspects arrested

OTRs row: Lady Justice Hallett’s report to give clarity on who knew what about Sinn Fein deal

UUP leader calls for Kincora Boys Home to be included in abuse inquiry

Full story of Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast yet to be told, says child sex abuse victim

Kincora: MI5 knew about it but did nothing, that much is certain

Metropolitan Police officer was moved ‘from child abuse inquiry’

Scotland Yard detective ‘removed from paedophile probe after naming politicians’

Now it’s revealed Barbara Castle drew up dossier on VIP paedophiles: File seized by Special Branch ‘heavy mob’

Londonderry security alert: Bomb found in Enagh

Paisley Jnr pays tribute to ‘devout Christian’ businessman Dr Alistair Hanna – (This ‘devout Christian’ was behind the opening of Bushmills Dunes golf resort which will promote Sabbath-breaking and also was a chief promoter of the ecumenical “Alpha Course”)

Sinn Fein councillor: Return stolen Union flag now

Equality Commission gives Ashers Bakery extra time

Religious leaders unite to condemn assisted dying law

Syria conflict: Isis marches further into Syria tipping the balance of power in the civil war

July 15

Church of England General Synod backs women bishops – (Further step on road of apostasy)

Church of Ireland female bishop praises England for landmark vote

Baroness Butler-Sloss steps down from child abuse inquiry

Westminster child abuse inquiry: Theresa May under fire over appointment of Lady Butler-Sloss

Child abuse inquiry: Theresa May under fire over appointment of Lady Butler-Sloss

‘Nonsense’ to suggest Robinson about to retire, says Arlene Foster

Don’t fall in Sinn Fein’s web of spin

July 14

DUP minister Nelson McCausland slammed after he accuses MLAs of ‘a witch-hunt’

The Twelfth:Moral stance of Asher bakery applauded at Limavady

Unionist politicians pledge to step up political campaign against Parades Commission

Soldiers’ memorial damaged in Belfast

Tony Blair must explain IRA ‘comfort letter’ deals, say MPs

Paedophile inquiry could have second chairman following controversy over judge’s links to the establishment

Church of England braced for new sex abuse claims

More child abuse cases will emerge in Church, warns Archbishop of Canterbury

Women bishops: Archbishop Welby ‘hopeful’ on vote

Assisted dying: Desmond Tutu signals support

July 12

Abuse inquiry: Baroness Butler-Sloss criticism rejected

Child abuse inquiry boss ‘tells victim she won’t uncover church misconduct’

No major incidents as Orange Order holds Twelfth parades

Ardoyne parade: Police ready to act, but hope they won’t have to

One in three PSNI officers on duty to be in north Belfast

Unionist plans will only create uncertainty and fear, says SDLP

Orange Order’s country cousins can teach Belfast’s brethren a real lesson

Parade row began in 2012 when dissident riots were rewarded

Bonfires lit across Northern Ireland ahead of 12th marches

DUP claims statue on bonfire was a ‘social media spoof’

50,000 to go on the march at 18 Orange 12th parades

Ashers Baking Company: ‘Gay cake’ raised in House of Commons

UK imams condemn Isis in online video

Petition to leave bakery alone is gathering pace on the web

Cake Row Exposes Where Real Intolerance is Coming From

Former Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Carey: ‘I support assisted dying’

July 10

North Belfast: Unionists call for inquiry into ‘parades impasse’

Ardoyne parade: Unionist leaders including Peter Robinson call for legal inquiry into north Belfast march dispute

Parades row: details emerge on ‘graduated response’

North Belfast: Reaction to unionists’ parades inquiry call

Orange Order: We can’t guarantee parade protests will be peaceful

Senior TUV member calls for ‘evidence of graduated response’ – (in truth, it is likely that the Orange Order, riddled by Ecumenism as it is, will prove yet again that it is a ‘broken stick’!)

Councillor urges Rasharkin and Dunloy to be included in parading talks

After hours of critical Ardoyne parade talks, just 25 words from Stormont

MP slams PSNI over ‘IRA parade’

IRA comfort letters could fuel more killings, warns father of terror victim

Sister of bombing victim tells of her OTR letters anger

Law chief John Larkin blasts Theresa Villiers’ block on Loughgall inquest

RC Bishop seeking information from school on Bobby Sands awards

Dodds: Need for ‘conscience clause’ to protect Christians

Gay cake case is used to call for a change to the law

July 9

Pope says “a Christian without the Virgin is an orphan” – (God says: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” 1 Timothy 2:5)

Pope Francis Meets Evangelical Delegation – (James Robison and Kenneth Copeland plus others)

Sodomite Elton John praises ‘wonderful’ Pope – (Claims Christ would favour ‘gay marriage’ – He will learn soon how wrong he is!!)

Executive calls for ‘lawful’ Twelfth

Unionists need to show their gameplan

Dublin – Idea of alliance with SF makes Labour blood boil

Why we should be wary of Sinn Féin in government

Gay marriage cake row: Equality quango asked no questions before condemning bakery, says baker

Gay marriage cake row: Stand firm, gay rights storm Christian B&B proprietors urge bakery

Brother of paedophile inquiry judge was accused of ‘cover up’

July 8

Ashers Baking Company: ‘Gay cake’ row could end up in court

Asher’s Baking Company faces court for refusing order for gay marriage cake

Northern Ireland bakery refuses to make gay Bert and Ernie wedding cake

Child abuse claims: Evidence ’20 key people involved’

Home Secretary, Theresa May launches major new inquiry into child sex abuse allegations

Child abuse inquiry must look at Kincora Boys’ Home, says Amnesty International

 Abuse victim urges Pope to sack head of Catholic Church in Ireland Sean Brady over his handling of allegations

Compulsory Christian school assembly should be scrapped – Church of England education chief

Orange Order chiefs march to camp Twaddell in north Belfast, but keep ‘graduated response’ protest plans secret

Ardoyne determination by Parades Commission Totally Irrational

UUP formally request to discuss Ardoyne ruling at executive meeting

Kennedy pessimistic that Executive will discuss Ardoyne parade dispute – Sinn Fein ‘not open to talking with other parties’ on upcoming parade

Ardoyne (republican) protest threat dropped

Minority frontier communities stand by their culture

Human kindness and heroism shine out from North’s Kingsmill atrocity

July 7

DUP and Sinn Fein in new row over republican Speaker of the Assembly

Talks walkout wrong: McCallister – (A man to be heeded given his impeccable wisdom !!!????)

Orange Order vow to up the ante in protest at Ardoyne ban: We’ll have effect on Northern Ireland ‘governance’, says Grand Secretary Drew Nelson

Orange Order leader asks Higgins to attend parade

Significant drop in Irish numbers of priests and nuns

Jean McConville’s daughter: ‘If I give up fighting, they’ve won’

Lord Brittan says historical rape claim ‘wholly unfounded‘

July 5

SF accuses DUP of yielding to hardline elements over parade

Unionists stay tight-lipped on proposed plan of action

Ardoyne parade: ‘We are at boiling point… this sends out wrong message’

‘The parade takes five minutes to pass, five minutes of respect’

Peter Robinson and Mike Nesbitt agree decision to ban parade should be accepted and urge any protests to be legal

IRA charges after Robert McCartney family campaign

MP tells of fears over republican ceremony

PSNI blitz on ‘New IRA’ and east Belfast UVF thugs in full swing

Leading republican ‘told Robert McCartney’s sisters his killers should get a bullet in the head’

Republic’s Orangemen go on the march

Orangemen in Rossnowlagh, County Donegal for annual parade

New teaching (Dublin) institute sparks religious row

July 4

Rolf Harris jailed for five years and nine months

Iris Robinson probe challenge withdrawn

Parades Commission defend their determination

Pan-unionist boycott begins, with warning of more

Order in appeal for calm after ‘preposterous decision’

Unionists’ protest stance condemned

Donaldson says loyalist parade response ‘will be peaceful’

Commission ‘dragged migrants into arch dispute’ – Polish Consul

Fresh fears that Northern Ireland’s Stormont government could topple

TUV Comments on Parades Commission Decision and Unionist Response

TUV Challenge Terror Award to School Children

North-South meeting postponed in face of unionist boycott

Northern Ireland unionists urged to return to talks after parade ban walkout

Geoffrey Dickens ‘said paedophile dossier was explosive’

Fears terrorists will target planes with computer and human bombs

John McCallister on Basil McCrea: ‘We will never be friends again… this has been the most toxic experience of my life’

Basil McCrea’s ego was a problem: John McCallister

Sinn Fein defends mural depicting IRA hunger striker Kieran Doherty’s funeral in west Belfast

Sinn Féin slammed for failure to support WWI commemoration

July 3

Unionists in talks walkout protest over parade decision

Orange Order parade barred from part of Crumlin Road on 12 July

Unionists quit talks, warn of potential for violence, but urge peaceful protest after Ardoyne decision

Loyalists urged not to burn Pope effigies on Eleventh night bonfires

Parties unite to condemn IRA gunmen mural

Nelson McCausland: Committee votes that ‘deliberately misled’

John McCallister confirms NI21 exit

NI21 to lose half its public funding as deputy leader McCallister quits

Tighter security for flights to US

SF stance on welfare an ‘outrage’: Robinson – (Hardly surprising for a party which came to power via murder and terrorism!!)

Five unionist groups – including DUP and UUP – make united call to let north Belfast parade through

Backing for ex-Primate’s comments on victims

Derry family distraught as son joins Syria’s rebels

Rowan Williams: how Buddhism helps me pray – (“But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking,” Matthew 6:7.)

Nick Clegg: allegations of Westminster paedophile ring are ‘police matter’

Pope Francis makes exorcisms official Catholic practice as demon-fighting priests recognised under canon law

July 2

Sinn Féin meeting David Cameron at Downing Street

Understaffed, lonely, checking under the car for bombs – what it’s like policing the Irish border

Thousands attend Somme Commemoration

More parades and more bands, but Order says ‘culture war’ is real

Fresh probe into fatal garda shooting of IRA raider

Change the definition of ‘victim’, says top CoI man

Former French president Sarkozy ‘faces charges’ amid probe

Islam in the light of Scripture

Islam-graphic

Below are a number of messages dealing with this issue. Please note the links to written material which can be read and/or downloaded.


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June 2014

Reasons why the binding of Satan in Revelation 20:1-4 cannot refer to his defeat at Calvary

I understand that it is generally believed among A-millennialists that the binding of Satan, in Revelation 20, is a reference to what happened to him at Calvary.
I have heard that stated myself in an exposition of these verses.
Now I find it hard to believe that anyone can be satisfied with such an explanation of this passage of God’s Holy Word. Such an interpretation leaves so many unexplained verses and generates so many contradictions and incredible implications that it cannot be seriously regarded as a proper exegesis of this passage. Read more…

The deceit propagated by Enniskillen ecumenical ministers and priests

In Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, so-called Protestant ministers joined with Roman Catholic priests to issue a statement in response to the comments of Pastor James McConnell, with regards to Islam and its origins. Read more…

A Sinister Development for Home Educators in Northern Ireland

by Rev. Brian McClung

There is presently a consultation running in all five Education & Library Boards in Northern Ireland regarding the issue of Home Education. Presently it is any parent’s legal right to educate their child[ren] outside the state system of education. This legal right permits independent schools to exist, such the Free Presbyterian schools, or a parent may desire to educate their child[ren] at home. Read more…(link to article on The sound of an alarm)

Beginning of Emmaus Baptist Assembly of Oradea

by Florin Moţiu

At the end of 2003, a small number of young people started a Bible study group, meeting once a month, and, after a while, twice a month. All of us were Arminian in theology, most of us members in the Baptist Union, which is Arminian in creed. As the years passed, we became more and more interested in the Doctrines of Grace. We studied the five points of Calvinism, the theology of the Puritans, the lives of Luther, Calvin, Edwards, Spurgeon. Read more…

Offending Without Apologising.

This article is prompted by the spectacle of First Minister, Peter Robinson and then Pastor James McConnell bowing to the media-based campaign that followed in the wake of Pastor McConnell’s widely publicised comments on the subject of the wickedness and unbiblical nature of Islam and Peter Robinson’s support of him.

“Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying?
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind.
And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch,” Matthew 15:12-14.
Christians should not seek to offend gratuitously any with their declarations of the truth of God. We are exhorted to engage in “speaking the truth in love,” Ephesians 4:15. Read more…

 

Islam-graphic

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Headcovering in Public Worship

Fashions change and tastes differ. Cultural variations abound among Christians of differing nationalities. The New Testament wisely makes allowance for such things and goes no further in matters of dress and appearance than to set down the principles of modesty (1 Tim. 2:9) and association-e.g., that we should be careful not to adopt any appearance that identifies us with grossly wicked people to whom a particular style or fashion is virtually a badge.

Paul devotes half a chapter to the subject of headcovering (1 Cor. 11:1-16). He gives no indication that he is establishing a rule merely for the local situation in Corinth.

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Enoch – An illustration of the importance of watching for the return of Christ as an incentive to holiness.

The most remarkable thing recorded in the Bible about Enoch, a man of the seventh generation from Adam and whose life span would have been overlapped by that of Adam by some 308 years, according to calculations based upon figures given in Genesis 5, was his avoidance of death. Genesis 5:24 says, “And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.” This truth is further stated in Hebrews 11:5. “By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.” Read more…

Latest news stories

 

More news

July 1

Pan nationalist front at it again

Prison Officer David Black murder: Charges dropped against murder accused

Prison officer murder case dropped

Rolf Harris guilty: More alleged victims come forward

Court upholds French face veils ban

Hamas warns of ‘gates of hell’

Police confront loyalists over erection of flags in south Belfast

Electoral deal with the SDLP possible, says Mike Nesbitt

Alex Kane interviews Mike Nesbitt: Confident UUP leader offers olive branch to nationalism

Police from Britain on riot standby

Sinn Fein ally Richard Haass was a dumb choice to chair Northern Ireland peace talks

New Chief Constable hoping to see progress in party talks

(Irish) Government mulls inquiry into garda killing of Real IRA man

June 30

Chief Constable pressed on McGuinness’ gun claim

George Hamilton: New PSNI chief constable marks first day in job

Portadown’s Victoria Terrace Orange parade cancelled by Parkmount Arch Committee

Protest for restricted Newtownbutler parade

North Korea to try two US tourists after one ‘left a Bible behind in hotel room’

Northern Ireland: four men charged with IRA membership

Mayor of Belfast upset at quotes attributed to her over Queen visit

Why a visit from the Pope could bode well for all of us – (Why it would not – “ . . . the Pope of Rome . . . . is that Antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself, in the Church, against Christ and all that is called God.”)

Australia’s top military bishop resigns over sex abuse charge

Britain’s island story keeps ‘Europe’ at bay

June 28

Ardoyne protest group vows to bring thousands on to streets

Publication date set for report into North’s on-the-runs scheme

On The Run letters report to be published in July

Two NI21 branches dissolve in new blow to leader McCrea

Murdered Catholic RUC officer ‘could have been saved’

Ballymurphy shootings: 36 hours in Belfast that left 10 dead

Most of the Irish media failed to bring truth about Gerry Conlon’s innocence to light

EU set to snub UK over Juncker as Commission chief

DUP has rolled over on CAP reform

Elections round-up: Can the TUV turn Euro election performance into seats at Stormont?

Fears over Jean-Claude Juncker’s drinking

Angry Cameron warns European leaders of ‘consequences’ for giving ‘Cognac for breakfast’ Brussels fixer Jean-Claude Juncker the EU’s top job

Vatican considers historic easing stance on contraception and marriage as it concedes ordinary Catholics don’t follow the rules – (Public opinion, not God, is the arbitrator on morality within Romanism!!)

June 26

Unionist outrage over Garvaghy march U-turn

Parades Commission blasted over Garvaghy Road U-turn

Ham-fisted Garvaghy Road decision does not augur well

Taoiseach calls on SF leader to use IRA contacts to reveal Guilford bombers

Peace process issues: Martin McGuinness says agreement ‘difficult’

OTR letters scheme not secret: Reid

TUV men slam election of Sinn Fein Deputy Mayor of Craigavon

Prominent NI21 members resign from ailing party

MLA Anna Lo demands release of report into conduct of Peter and Iris Robinson after it is delayed by legal challenge

June 25

Judge rebukes David Cameron for comments on Coulson conviction

Campaigners lose ‘right to die’ case

Report into conduct of Peter and Iris Robinson delayed by legal challenge

Royal visit to Northern Ireland: The Queen lays wreath in memory of Irish soldiers who died in First World War

Loyalist parade allowed to march along contentious Garvaghy Road for first time in almost two decades

Residents ‘not told’ of Garvaghy Road march service plan

‘Garvaghy Road’ parade is reviewed after outcry – (Now, isn’t that a surprise!!)

Parades Commission bans Portadown march along ‘lower stretch of Garvaghy Road’ – (Parades Commission – Puppets on strings pulled by republicans)

Appeal by Christian airport worker – (The reverse is likely in Iran etc!!!!)

June 24

Queen in second day of NI engagements

Martin McGuinness hails encounter with Queen at Hillsborough Castle as ‘very nice’

McGuinness holds first private meeting with Queen Elizabeth

Adams: IRA not responsible for wrongful Troubles imprisonments

Richard Haass calls for Irish to be official language in Northern Ireland – (Somebody please take this ‘ejit’ home!!)

Tuam babies: How a small field in Ireland held big secret

Sudanese mother sentenced to death for ‘converting to Christianity’ freed after international outcry

Three American friends hospitalised after becoming ‘possessed’ following Ouija board game in Mexican village

Short life, and quick death, of NI21

June 23

David Cameron left furious by EU leaders’ ‘promises’ over Jean-Claude Juncker – (A taste of his own ‘broken promises’ medicine!!)

Father of British jihadist ‘prays he goes to hell’ – (“ . . . the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel,” Proverbs 12:10)

The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh due in NI for three-day visit

Queen and Prince Philip set to jet in

Queen and McGuinness to meet at former jail during visit

Adams’s hypocrisy yet again knows no bounds

Sinn Féin need to be ready for government (in Rep. of Ireland), says Adams

Blood on the streets: Fears of war after notorious Continuity IRA group splits

Jim Dowson laughs off TV claims he is the ‘evil genius’ of British fascism

Only 15 per cent of Anglicans (Church of Ireland) typically attend church

The cumulative effect of scandals has a devastating impact on the Church (of Rome!)

Ghost of Mary Queen of Scots hovers over (Scottish) referendum issue

Guildford Four’s Gerry Conlon dies

Pope Francis I excommunicates Mafia for ‘adoration of evil’ in strongest attacks in 20 years

DUP MP Sammy Wilson says Gerry Adams compromise call ‘a bit rich’

DUP MP Sammy Wilson hits back after Adams comments

June 21

Residents insist protest not about race but about housing provision

Dublin Coroner warns family of slain ‘Fat Deccy’ of ‘distressing’ inquest report

Republicans should oppose Queen’s visit to jail, says ex-IRA commander

Unionist reports Telegraph journalist to PCC for ‘insult’ to Orange Order

Catholic and Protestant teachers to train together for the first time (In Dublin)

Iraq crisis: British student identified as recruiting Isis jihadists

Family ‘heartbroken’ after British man appears in jihadist film

Tracking jihadists ‘top priority’

Could the Archbishop and the Pope really reunify the Church? – (The Bible teaches that all ungodly ecclesiastical systems will unite at the end of this age!)

June 20

Northern Ireland’s First Minister Peter Robinson in u-turn over ‘locals only’ race row

Former police chief Duncan McCausland is released following fraud probe quiz

Gerry Kelly farce exposes undemocratic Stormont

Adams criticises report into his shooting as ‘incomplete’

British jihadist in Syria calls on his Isis comrades to kill in Britain

David Cameron: ‘ISIS and Syria jihadists are planning terror attacks on Britain’

June 18

Pope John Paul II’s blood goes on tour – (Rome is as heathen and barbaric as ever!!)

Roman Catholic and former Irish President, Mary McAleese: Pope Francis plan to consult ‘male celibate’ priests on family life is ‘bonkers’ – (Mary, have a a close look, in the light of the Bible, at all he teaches and you will see that it is all ‘bonkers’!!)

DUP can’t afford to bare teeth at rest of unionist pack

DUP accuse SDLP of ‘spineless’ response to Gerry Kelly debate

NI clergy (RC priests) hold meeting with Orange Order

Ann Travers: The online (republican) trolls won’t silence me

Martin McGuinness in ‘Disappeared’ storm

Rory McIlroy opts to play for Ireland at the 2016 Olympics – (The apple never falls far from the tree!!)

Police ‘firmly committed’ to catching killers (of Loughinisland)

New plea in hunt for fans’ killers

DUP minister Nelson McCausland’s posting led to death threats, says Alliance man Gary Spedding

NI21 is finished, says deputy leader John McCallister

Iraq crisis: Lying zealot Tony Blair is a fundamental danger to world peace – (What does that tell you about the Stormont “Power-sharing Regime” that he initiated???)

June 17

The boy jihadis: Sickening new images reveal gun-toting children as young as eight watching ISIS execution as Shia prison guards ‘slaughter 44 Sunni inmates north of Baghdad’ – (This is Islam!!!)

‘My husband told them we were Christians and they shot him in the head’: How al-Shabaab militia went from door to door killing non-Muslims as Kenyan village watched World Cup

Speaker is right to make a stand on Sinn Fein

SDLP slammed for block on attempt to suspend Kelly – (Birds of a feather flock together!!)

Fury as moves to sanction Gerry Kelly are thwarted by SDLP

Seven high-profile people in Northern Ireland have won gagging orders… but we can’t tell you who they are

Tuam home, where almost 800 babies and toddlers are believed to be buried, survivors’ fight for justice

‘Yeah, you guys, your problem is you’ve no guns’: Tony Blair told SDLP

European Commission president election controversy could hasten British exit from the EU

Confusion on NI21 McCrea probe

NI21 mulls disciplinary action for McCallister

More NI21 turmoil as John McCallister is rapped

Political class ignore strength of feeling on immigration ‘at their peril’

June 16

Church division a scandal – Pope – (Pope takes up the old ecumenical chant!!)

SF’s abstentionism sees its MPs barred from Commons speaker’s residence

Local churches leaders unite against ‘regrettable’ tirade on Islam by pastor (See our article in response – ‘The deceit propagated by Enniskillen ecumenical ministers and priests’)

‘Not a word said after Waterside Islam sermon’

Iraq crisis: ISIS jihadists execute dozens of captives – (This is Islam!!!)

Kenya attack: ‘Islamists’ raid Mpeketoni near Lamu

Taliban slice off 11 people’s fingers as punishment for voting in Afghanistan’s presidential election

Iraq crisis: Isis forces kill dozens of soldiers in ‘mass execution’ as country slides towards sectarian war

WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Iraqi ‘massacre’ as up to 1,000 feared dead

Dungiven SF protests: ‘Blatant sectarianism’ says UUP man

UUP hit back after McCusker slammed by DUP

IRA murder bid survivor’s MBE ‘recognition for victims in general’

Mid Ulster MLA Martin McGuinness’ ministerial car attacked outside his home

McGuinness acknowledges memory lapse on murder date

Adams: 1916 Proclamation is ‘unfinished business’

Joan Burton (Irish Labour Party) claims Sinn Fein is a long way from ‘true democracy’

Friends of Sinn Fein top $10million mark in American donations to party

SF children fall for fairy tales of North

Adams hits out at DUP ‘failure’

Lack of priests (in Ireland) puts masses in jeopardy

Petrol bombs and handguns found amid dissident republican searches

Stormont Ensures Bonnet Kelly Gets Off the Hook

June 14

Police ‘dancing to SF’s tune’ on Ormeau flags, claims TUV

Parties divided as police move to outlaw flags in mixed area

Basil McCrea allegations: Confusion over report into NI21 ‘sex claims‘

John McCallister hits out as NI21 halts party probe

UUP chief Nesbitt’s walkout marks a new low at dysfunctional Stormont

NI police ombudsman wins right to challenge over ‘obstruction‘

June 12

‘This is our football, it’s made of skin #World Cup’: After posting sickening beheading video of Iraqi policeman, ISIS boast of slaughtering 1,700 soldiers – (This is “peace-loving” Islam in truth! The UK will yet regret its syncretistic folly of embracing all religions as equal and rejecting the gospel of Christ Jesus!)

Britons are heading to Iraq to join ISIS militants in their HUNDREDS amid fears ‘they could bring terror to the UK‘

Sinn Fein surge in opinion poll in Irish Republic

PSNI Dancing to SF Tune on Union Flags

Concerns raised over police Union Flag warning

Putting up flags in south Belfast ‘will be breach of peace’

Fermanagh witnesses say Blair should give OTR evidence

Row over top post votes by unionists

Evolving DUP still not afraid to say ‘no’

Would-be (DUP) mayor: ‘This wouldn’t have happened to a man’

Danger campaign will spark backlash

Shots fired over Birmingham pub bomber’s coffin in paramilitary-style funeral

Ecumenical history made in Dublin – (Church of Ireland archbishops take part in installation ceremony of Methodist president)

June 11

Martin McGuinness to meet the Queen again in Belfast

US Archbishop quizzed in sexual abuse lawsuit claims he didn’t know it was illegal for priests to have sex with children in the 1980s

Racists (in West Belfast) ‘threatened to run down a two-year-old child and set fire to her family’s house’

Now the EU wants even MORE money: Brussels demands £6bn hike to budget from UK

Pomeroy mother-of-three admits dissident terrorist training camp charge

Sharon Rafferty admits Tyrone dissident training camp charges

Haass talks return ‘hyped-up’ – Robinson

DUP fury as deal delivers Sinn Fein deputy mayor Catherine Seeley – (Power-sharing sauce for the goose, sauce for the gander scenario)

Welcome for review of UDR murders

I’m a scapegoat for Peter Robinson, says race row councillor Dineen Walker snubbed for top post

June 10

McGuinness: Executive ‘could help fund mosque for NI Muslims’

Tell us the truth about the children dumped in Galway’s mass graves

Sinn Fein: three OTRs told they were ‘cleared’ as recently as March

NIO denies new fugitive letters

Sinn Féin warns against ‘dangerous’ unravelling of on-the-runs deal

Ligoneil soldiers’ memorial vandalised – police treat paint damage as hate crime

Vacuum is being filled by bigots

Victims ‘forgotten about’ in peace deals

TUV message to DUP and UUP in new talks: Keep looking over your shoulder!

Bitter exchanges erupt over ‘double-sized’ Union flags

Eamon Dunphy defends Gerry Adams over Jean McConville murder by IRA

June 9

Nun admits care home children were involved in medical trials

Shared education plans in pipeline despite DUP/Sinn Féin tensions in government

It’s difficult to be a Christian in GB – ex-MP – (She is a convert to Romanism yet makes some relevant points in her interview)

Galway mass baby grave: All homes for unwed mothers to be part of inquiry

On the Runs: Gerry Kelly will not attend Westminster committee

Gerry Kelly ‘is a chicken’ for snub to OTR probe

Sinn Féin snubs Northern Ireland Affairs committee

On the Runs: DUP criticises Sinn Féin OTR hearing stance

NI Victims Commissioner Kathryn Stone says ‘secret deals eroding trust’

Tom Elliott MLA asks why Fermanagh misses out in latest PSNI recruitment drive
Does Gerry Adams deserve to be in Government when the time comes?

Illegal migrants pour into Britain: How we have lost control of the UK’s borders

How hard can it be? Electricty engineer ‘needed a course’ to climb a stepladder – (It is just beyond belief!!!)

June 7

Son of murdered RUC officer backs ombudsman in files row

Mass baby grave in Tuam, Galway: Irish president Michael D Higgins appalled at terrible reports

Tuam babies: Justice minister orders garda report

Conservative Catholics should be voting for DUP, says Edwin Poots – (This places the modern DUP far away from its founding principles)

Sinn Fein urge Orange Order to enter talks over Dungiven

Thousands of Protestants without unionist choices

Pastor Islam row: James McConnell apologises for offence caused … but insists comments ‘not wrong’ – (Christ never apologised for offence caused by His words, see Matthews 23:23-33)

Pastor sorry for calling Islam a ‘doctrine spawned in hell’

Muslims accept Northern Ireland preacher’s apologyMuslims accept Northern Ireland preacher’s apology

Muslim leaders urge pastor to attend Belfast anti-racism rally

Why Peter Robinson tried to tough it out over apology to Muslims – (In truth, it was because even he recognised that an apology required a denial of Bible truth, as little as that matters to the modern DUP)

Sinn Féin secures Dublin Lord Mayor position for Easter 2016

BBC criticised for ‘obscene’ comedy making fun of the murder of Lord Mountbatten

Crucifix erected in Kerry County Council meeting chamber

June 6

Shot twice, stuffed in a sack and dumped in a canal… but Pakistani girl, 18, SURVIVES botched ‘honor killing’ carried out by her own family for marrying the man she lovedAppeal on Sudan ‘apostasy’ death sentence

‘Cover-up’ accusations at Policing Board

PSNI chief Matt Baggott: refusal to hand over files is not a cover-up

Catholic and Protestant schools to share facilities in North – (This not a matter of education, this is about expanding the ecumenical programme of church unity)

Police question Pastor James McConnell over Islam remarks

Islam row pastor apologises after one of his top churchmen quits – (That was a short-lived stand!! Where are the men of conviction who stand unapologetically for God’s truth??)

Over one-third of DUP want a curb on Orange march routes

June 5

Brother of Sudanese woman facing death penalty for ‘abandoning her Islamic faith’ by marrying a Christian says ‘she deserves to be executed’ – (“This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be . . . . without natural affection,” 2 Tim 3:1, 3.)

Tuam children’s bodies: Roman Catholic Church ‘has no records’ – (RC Archbishop in the Republic of Ireland has said the church has no records of the burial of nearly 800 children!!!)

Ardoyne Orange Order parade decision not a surprise, but issue is republicans won’t tolerate a march of any kind or at any time

Inside the DUP: Domination by Free Presbyterian Church and Orange Order laid bare

Landmark court ruling means Department of Education ‘has to encourage’ integrated education, say campaigners – (Ecumenical education being foisted upon the Protestant population)

Trojan Horse leaked report says pupils ‘not protected from extremism’ in school

‘Pastor should apologise’ – McGuinness – (There can be no apology for Bible Truth!)

McGuinness: Pastor must apologise for hate-filled speech

McConnell due to speak to police for third time – (How many times have they interviewed Martin McGuinness, self-confessed IRA activist???)

Cleric labels Islam wicked

‘Why no public outcry when Christians are offended?’

On the Runs: former head of the Historical Enquiries Team, Dave Cox says John Downey ‘got away with murder’

RUC Widows Association: Justice Department ‘insulted’ police

‘Nothing new’ in review of IRA ‘comfort letter’ recipient

Louginisland victim’s niece furious over shooting collusion claims

Mass baby grave in Tuam, Galway: Bon Secours nuns told to assist investigation

Toomebridge man Sean Kelly admits six terror charges

June 4

First Minister Peter Robinson in public apology to Muslims

Robinson in public apology to Muslims

Islam row: Peter Robinson makes public apology for causing offence to Muslims after meeting in Belfast – (But the vile ‘Belfast Telegraph’ wants an apology for defending Pastor McConnell!)

Northern Ireland police chief faces legal action over unreleased Troubles files

Baker forced to make gay wedding cakes, undergo sensitivity training, after losing lawsuit

Robinson: there is clear need for new Islamic centre – (Is this the price of forgiveness for the First Minister??)

Bitter DUP councillor Dineen Walker vents her anger – (And rightly so but that is the party she decided to support!)

New Girl Guide promise ‘a diminution of Christianity’ – (Anybody going to be required to apologise for the this?? – don’t hold your breath!!)

North Belfast residents dispute racism motive after home and men attacked – (Just a pity someone hasn’t the courage to come out and say why the presence of the two men was resented in a racially mixed area!!)

Mass grave of 796 babies found in septic tank at former Catholic Church orphanage in Tuam, Galway – (Roman Catholic Church in Ireland is facing fresh accusations of child neglect)

June 3

UUP calls for Peter Robinson public apology over Islam remarks

Robinson gives Muslim leader tour

Belfast pastor who criticised Islam denounces racist attack on Muslims

Islam row: Suspect package alert at Whitewell Metropolitan Tabernacle follows website attack by ‘Izzah Hackers’

Belfast mayor Mairtin O’ Muilleoir’s outgoing prayer shows solidarity with Muslims – (He prays to Allah, the imaginary god of Islam !! )

Racism row councillor Dineen Walker does not attend mayor election

DUP sidelines race slur councillor Dineen Walker – as Peter Robinson prepares to revisit Islam centre

Immigration big issue on Portadown doorsteps – David Jones UKIP

NI21’s Basil McCrea gets report of sex misconduct allegations

June 2

Preacher at Ian Paisley’s former church denounces Islam as a ‘wicked religion’

Defiant Pastor Colin Houston lashes Anna Lo

Police to quiz Belfast pastor over Islam comments

David Cameron warns Britain will quit the EU if federalist gets the top job – (Federalism won’t stop and Britain won’t come out says Bible prophecy)

Cameron accused of ‘blackmail’ over ‘threat to leave EU’

David Cameron winning major allies in battle to stop federalist leading Europe

If you recognise Palestinian government you support terrorism, Benjamin Netanyahu tells world leaders

Brussels Jewish Museum attack: Jihadist arrested in Marseille ‘claimed responsibility for shooting on video’ says investigators

EXCLUSIVE: Parliament plea for Muslim and Hindu bank holiday in UK calendar

Is the Sudanese government LYING about its promise to release Meriam Ibrahim? Family fear condemned Christian mother is still in danger of execution

May 31

New IRA allegedly responsible for Derry hotel bomb attack

Campbell calls on Donnelly to condemn Everglades bombing

Derry councillor (Donnelly): Police must bear some of the responsibility

Derry hotel bomb: Everglades Hotel left badly damaged in explosion ‘had hosted PSNI recruitment event’

Far from splitting unionist vote in elections, the TUV and Ukip helped maximise it

Family of Pakistani woman stoned to death to be tried in anti-terrorism court

Bartlett Park poster warns dog-walkers to stay out of ‘Islamic areas’