Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) minister converts to Rome
For 8 years Jason Stellman was an ordained minister in the PCA. He converted to Rome in 2012. His experience is a solemn and timely warning about the dangers posed by those evangelicals – even ministers within Reformed churches – who are soft on Rome and co-operate with her in ecumenical organizations of various kinds. Many prominent evangelicals signed the Manhattan Declaration endorsing the ‘christianity’ of Rome. To this day many ministers do not see the need to separate from such men but feel at liberty to preach with them in various conferences or work with them in other ways. Most recently we have highlighted the errors of the deeply ecumenical Refo500 organization which involved co-operation with Rome at every level.
You can read Jason Stellman’s personal account of his conversion to Rome here. There is also an audio link to an MP3 recording of his testimony.
Patrick, Apostle of Ireland
The story of his life as told by himself.
Providence has preserved for us two documents written by Patrick. Both of these documents, Patrick’s Confession and Patrick’s Letter, are accepted as genuine by both Protestant and Roman Catholic historians. Patrick wrote in Latin, the language of the scholar of his day. Read more…
Pope Francis I has opened his pontificate with an idolatrous act
I was most surprised to read the headlines in the “Belfast Telegraph”, once known amongst Protestants as the “Belfast Bellylaugh”, early this morning,Thursday, 14th March. It is a newspaper renowned of old for its support for all things ecumenical and popish. Read more….
John Piper prays that God will appoint next Pope!!!
We are thankful to God for the exposing of the ecumenical wolves in sheep’s clothing which is taking place at this time. First it was Rick Warren and now it is John Piper. It is plain that they are among those who have drunk of “the wine of her (the system of antichristianity) fornication,” Revelation 17:2, KJV. Read more…
Rick Warren prays for new Pope
Link to article on Standstillawhile.net
The cruelty of compromise
Compromise in the Christian life and in the Christian church is simply departure from the clearly revealed demands of God’s word. The demands of God’s word for holiness, separation from the world, separation on a corporate and ecclesiastical level from apostasy and disobedient brethren, etc. are set aside by compromise. Sadly, this process of setting aside is often made-over as a spirit of loving concern to reach out to others. That which is evil and deadly is therefore often masqueraded as good and desirable.
Yet there is a savage cruelty about compromise. Link to article on Standstillawhile.net
An exchange of E-mails with Dr Joel Beeke on the subject of his fellowshipping with those from whom he ought to be separated.
In reaction to Dr Beeke’s response and the ongoing rather dishonest and devious campaign by Dr Beeke’s defenders, I have decided to publish the email exchange that I had with him. I have concealed the names of third parties and a private phone number referred to in these emails. Read more…
Thank you, Dr Murray!!
The article entitled “Jesus the Ecumenical Separatist” was written by Dr David Murray. He is a close colleague and associate of Dr Joel Beeke. The article appears on his blog. Now I feel thankful to Dr Murray for writing this article for the simple reason that in it he sets down the unscriptural philosophy which he and Dr Joel Beeke espouse. Dr Beeke is frequently on platforms with New Calvinists, Ecumenists, Roman Catholic and Orthodox priests, Charismatics etc. Dr Murray has been known to likewise share platforms with those from whom he should be separated.
It has been impossible to get Dr Beeke to commit himself to giving an explanation in writing of the position he takes. Though his activities have been challenged on a number of occasions, Dr Beeke has not stated why he believes he can act so. He has declined to commit to writing any response to the challenges mounted.
Now, thanks to Dr Murray, we have their position expounded. I am thankful to Rev Stephen Hamilton for his examination of Dr Murray’s article and that examination follows. Read more…
Standing With Christ in the Day of Battle
“Fight the good fight of faith,” 1 Timothy 6:12. “Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band,” 1 Chronicles 12:18.
The child of God is a warrior. He takes after His Heavenly Father Who is a man of war. “The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name. Pharaoh’s chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: his chosen captains also are drowned in the Red sea,” Exodus 15:3-4. “Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle,” Psalm 24:8. Read more…
Matthew 18:15-17 and the public rebuke of sin
Very often the first response to any public witness against sin, or the public censure of a Christian who has sinned publicly, is an accusation that to make such a public denunciation is contrary to the Saviour’s teaching in this passage. Usually it is asserted that there cannot be a public censure of sin until private overtures have been made to the offender. This has the effect of diverting attention from the original error and focuses attention on the one trying to protest against it. But what does this passage teach? Is it addressing the matter of public sin at all? Link to article on Standstillawhile.net
Latest news stories
Northern Ireland’s ban on gay marriage to be challenged by Amnesty in court
Former archbishop lambasts David Cameron
David Cameron ‘feeds fears of Christian persecution’, former Archbishop of Canterbury says
More news
Close more news section
Release IRA tapes says Jean McConville’s daughter
RAF Chinook helicopters stood down by Department of Agriculture (Sinn Fein employ Irish Republic’s helicopters instead – and DUP acquiesces!!)
DARD stops using RAF helicopters
No 400th birthday party for Londonderry (More SF anti-British hatred)
Dissidents daub McGuinness’ home in black paint (Shades of what the Provos did on Gerry Fitt)
No barrier over Catholic and Protestant schools merger
Flag protest leader freed on tough bail conditions
Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland archbishops to lead walk through Dublin
Pope Francis to wash offenders’ feet on Maundy Thursday (much easier than ridding his ‘church’ of the stains accumulated over the centuries)
Why did call for snow help from RAF take four days? (The high cost of Sinn Fein’s anti-British bigotry)
Brazilian doctor ‘killed up to 300 to free up beds in intensive care’
Labour council tells families to take in a foster child to avoid benefit cuts (What a motive for what should be an act of love!)
G8 security assessed amid bomb plot
Real IRA victim’s sister says mother died of broken heart
Army called to examine beer keg in Rosslea, Co Fermanagh
‘Beer keg’ examined in Fermanagh alert
Father jailed for killing five-week-old daughter in fury at failed football bet
One of the nastiest and most immoral political acts in modern times
Irish (Roman) Catholics continue to flee the church
Nesbitt: Euro election deal depends on DUP
Sinn Fein concedes on Advisors Bill – SDLP
Republic must address failure to protect lives in border area – Kenny Donaldson
More anti-Britishness from SF – Sinn Fein councillor attacks Red Arrows return to Northern Ireland
Bomb found was meant for G8 host hotel, claims dissident IRA group
Terror group claims car bomb was meant for Northern Ireland G8 summit
Police chief plays down claim that bomb target was Lough Erne Resort
Dissidents compromised by intelligence successes but still determined to strike
Sinn Fein select Francie Molloy replacement – a convicted IRA murderer
EU finance ministers approve Cyprus bailout deal, funded by bank assets seizure
Diana funeral marked return to ‘Catholic’ England, Archbishop
Parents to blame for unruly behaviour in the classroom say teachers (took them a long time to learn that!!)
Teachers blame poor parenting for increased chaos in the classrooms
Women hooked on online betting up from 44 per cent
Secret DUP-UUP unity paper wanted one party
Sinn Fein will have to consider ditching Adams for fresh face
Talks bid to scupper ‘terror shrine’ at Maze
Names of these four men will go down in ignominy (Question is : will there be room on the already long list of dishonourable?)
Jim Allister blasts Culture Minister for ‘ignoring’ Charter anniversary
Sinn Fein Contempt for All Things British Exposed Again
Jim Allister’s Spadework has put Stormont advisers in spotlight
Outburst ‘shows Robinson rattled over coverage of Americas trip’
Bomb ‘destined for Fermanagh police station’
Car was carrying bomb to PSNI station in Fermanagh – likely Lisnaskea
Car bomb ‘destined for PSNI station’
Cardinal Keith O’Brien was in long-term sodomite relationship, claims ‘partner’
Shamed cardinal Keith O’Brien had long-standing relationship with male accuser: claim
Gardai suspected of cash theft
‘Business as usual’ for former IRA boss’s fuel-laundering operations
Tax case of Thomas ‘Slab’ Murphy put back until year end
Ann Travers hails progress to stop advisor roles for killers
Grief stricken mother of murdered Massereene soldier dies
HET nearing probe into IRA murder of corporals
Pressure on police over Omagh bombing as two men found liable for second time
Republic must address failure to protect lives in border area – Kenny Donaldson
Advisor bill passes consideration stage
British government apology over man killed by soldiers
Warder ‘scarred for life’ by IRA killings
Police hid files on celebrity suspects
Argentina’s Kirchner raises Falklands with Pope Francis
Hillary Clinton endorses gay marriage ‘personally and as a matter of policy’
Mid Staffs nurse claimed a patient was asleep when she had already died, court hears
IRA border campaign ‘was ethnic cleansing’
Sinn Féin MP, Conor Murphy’s actress niece in multi-million gangster movie scam
Irish politician’s shocking IRA torture revelations from beyond the grave
Special report: The damning documents that show new Pope DID betray tortured priests to the junta
Archbishop of Canterbury:does not drink alone for fear of becoming an alcoholic like his father
Catholic Church is ‘irredeemably corrupt’, David Starkey claims
IRA boss Murphy tipped off ahead of Garda raid
‘Slab’ Murphy was tipped off about cross-border police raid
Illegal empire filled IRA coffers
Victims’ group calls for Maze rethink
‘Forgotten’ IRA victim Jillian remembered at service
Jillian’s loss still raw 25 years on
Suspects ‘on way to bury guns in Republic’
IRA victims renew call for Taoiseach apology
Sinn Fein walk out of Newry policing partnership meeting in protest at IRA charges
Cardinal: Paedophilia – psychological illness and not “a criminal condition” (So much for repentance and change)
Paedophiles are psychologically ill, not criminal, says Catholic cardinal Wilfrid Fox Napier (See Deuteronomy 32:31-33)
Thousands more NHS deaths could have been prevented, government adviser says
Leading unionists split over plans at Maze site
Mortar bomb found near Belfast police station ‘failed to go off’
Vatican denies Dirty War allegations against Pope – (and so the cover-up begins)
Prime Minister at odds with pope over Falklands
Dissident death threat to Willie Frazer hours after release
Video: Willie Frazer says no cause is worth prison
Cardinal Keith O’Brien being sued by alleged abuse victim
Roman Catholic priest accused of sexual assault reveals he is secretly married
Pope Francis may do great things, but radical change won’t be one of them
Suspected mortar ‘pointed at police station’
SF presses for release of IRA bomber
Pope Francis: Church leaders in Northern Ireland welcome appointment
Union flag protests: campaigner Willie Frazer granted bail
Anger at lack of arrests after 19 illegal fuel raids across 10 Irish counties
Jim Allister Speaks In Defence of the Unborn
Christian group urges legal move on abortion in NI
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles pays £6.7m abuse settlement
Man who took part in IRA funeral awaits fate
Jamie Bryson moved to loyalist wing of prison for ‘safety’
Pope Francis branded Britain ‘usurpers’ over Falklands conflict
Coleraine DUP claim ‘police bias’ over white-line protests
Sinn Fein MPs sitting pretty despite refusal to take seats
Gardai to block RIRA military display at funeral
James Glynn: The life of an Irish policeman (Captain AC Lendrum, mentioned in the article, came from Klskeery)
Major cross border operation against illegal fuel trade
300 officers in cross-border raids on criminal gangs
NI Assembly fails in bid to change abortion law – voting record
Tom Elliott: I didn’t sanction Unionist merger talks
Jim Allister censured for IRA comment
Terror victims remembered at Stormont
Rick Warren asking God to guide in the election of Antichrist
Dissident bomb ‘detonated by mobile phone’
Robinson welcomes Justice chief’s vow to restore confidence
Allister offers Stormont opposition advice to UUP
MLAs debating abortion amendment at Stormont
Petition amid Stormont abortion debate
British tradition of voting on Thursday could be overturned by Europe
Stop wasting millions translating leaflets into foreign languages, Eric Pickles tells English councils – (Take note Stormont!!)
TUV Leader speaks on Unionist Unity
Queen to sign equal rights charter (but Queen withholds personal endorsement because of her apolitical status)
Unionist anger is growing in Limavady claims politician
Three charged in Dublin over Peter Butterly murder
North Belfast bomb blast ‘was attempted murder’
Police were targets of M5 blast
Provos on the rise while gardai struggle to hold Thin Blue Line
Flag protestors told of ‘political bias’ by PSNI
Yesteryear’s pan-unionist and nationalist blocs are returning
Father Alec Reid reveals how he tried to save two British soldiers killed in one of the most shocking episodes of the Troubles – (Have you heard the one about Goldilocks and the three bears ???)
Family of IRA victim criticise SF award for gang driver
Two Stormont ministers clash – Poots hits out at Ford on abortion
Sammy Wilson hits out at Judge remarks in Bryson case
Aftermath of rioting in Newtownabbey
Five police officers hurt during rioting in Newtownabbey
Record low turnout in Mid-Ulster by-election
Five men arrested after ex-Real IRA leader shot by rival group in Rep of Ireland
Mid Ulster election – unionist Lutton will not shake Sinn Fein man Molloy’s hand even if he wins
Mid Ulster test for unionist unity
Flag protest group issues rallying call
Anger after suspect out on bail goes to IRA event
Judges ‘must act without external influence’
Londonderry mortars: Bombs ‘within minutes’ of launch
Jamie Bryson’s mum claims he is ‘a scapegoat’
Parts of Unionism has lost confidence in police: Robinson
Unionists ‘think police are biased’ (Just like the DUP!!)
Union flag dispute: Baggott defends PSNI impartiality
Northern Ireland police hail ‘major coup’ after foiled IRA mortar plot
Tip-off from gardai helped stop rocket attack on police station
Jim Allister Exposes SF Double-Speak on Londonderry Bomb
LATEST: Frazer and Bryson in same prison cell
Stormont Refuses Discussion of Double Standards on Bail
Frazer hecklers disrupt Assembly session
Adams repeats: I was never in IRA – No it is not April 1st!!
Nurse’s CPR refusal sparks outrage in USA
Vatican accused of cover up over Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s ‘sexual conduct’
Gay marriage will destabilise family life, sociologist warns parliament
Kennedy to meet Baggott over ‘political policing’
Cardinal Keith O’Brien faces Vatican sexual conduct inquiry
Cardinal O’Brien makes ‘sexual conduct ‘admission as new gay accusations emerge
Londonderry bomb alert: four mortar bombs found in van
Police arrest three men as they foil ‘planned bomb attack by Republican dissidents’
Roman Catholic bishops back abortion bill amendment
Jamie Bryson remanded in custody over Belfast union flag protests
Bryson refused bail as he appears alongside former BNP man
‘Willie barred from media’ – his wife’s forthright comments to the media.
Bryson ‘refusing food and water’ while in custody
Jamie Bryson due in court on flag protest charges
Jim Dowson arrested in union flag protest probe
Republican charged over IRA investigation following murder
Republican bailed over McCartney probe must not contact witnesses
Different treatment of two men from South Armagh is bringing our system of justice into disrepute
Detectives arrest ‘The Surgeon’ in connection with IRA’s probe into killing of Robert McCartney
David Cameron faces backlash from Conservative right as Ukip attract votes from ‘blue-collar Tories’
David Cameron must toughen up, say senior Tories
Flag protest: Willie Frazer refused bail by judge
Willie Frazer charged with possession of taser
Willie Frazer calls for arrest of Martin McGuinness
Frazer charged, Bryson arrested
Voters’ questions for Nigel Lutton on Union Flag protests vanish from web