Carrying the torch for burning spiritual beliefs
This report appeared in the “Irish Times” on August 6th and is of the Free Presbyterian young people’s witness in London during the Olympic games. The Dublin newspaper has given a very fair report only it will be recognised that Dr Pollock is not in the habit of referring to “luck” as having any place in the outworking of God’s sovereign purpose!!
Some thoughts on an inter-church musical event in Penticton.
Rev. Andy Foster was invited to participate in an inter-church musical outreach event in Penticton. His refusal to join in was not well received by the representative of the local Pentecostal church who gave the invitation. This short article comments on some of the arguments commonly used in defence of such ecumenical events.
Samson: Ulster Protestantism’s plight illustrated
This sermon was preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church on August 2nd 1998 and published in this printed form in “The Burning Bush” that same month. Fourteen years have passed by since then but what was said back then is still very relevant today. If anything, it is even more relevant!
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Maginnis claims ‘vast support’
Former mayor is back in party fold
‘Shameful disrespect for Maginnins exposes Nesbitt’s flaws’
Fall of Maginnis leaves UUP leader Nesbitt exposed
Victims’ group to meet Taoiseach over Republic’s role in Troubles
Police ‘could have solved Narrow Water’
Ken Maginnis quits Ulster Unionists in row over gay marriage comments
Maginnis quits UUP, tells Nesbitt to resign
Allister Challenges Parades Commission on Sinn Fein Parade
Warning over Boston tapes; Testimonies could be used to destabilise peace process: McGuinness
DUP’s Jim Wells: Abortion should be ruled out for rape victims
Call for clarity after DUP man’s ‘make homosexuality illegal’ comments
New legal bid to block release of Boston tapes
Task force call as Church of Ireland funds drop £9.5m
Papal Nuncio calls for ‘authentic’ faith in Ireland (Faithful must embrace even more tightly the religion which has blighted the lives of tens of thousands of children !!!)
Ireland’s papal nuncio calls for the adoption of ‘authentic’ Catholicism
NI bucks the national trend in GCSE exam results
Irish RC bishops may be planning ‘priestless parishes’
US ruling means Vatican not liable over paedophile priest
‘Violent’ preacher refused visa ahead of Portadown talk
‘Hate campaign’ against Protestant boxers
Jim Allister Welcomes Belated Investigation into Sandy Row Boxing Club Concerns
Ulster Unionist Councillor regrets gay ‘disease’ term
A reading from the gospel according to Gerry Adams
Church of Ireland cleric defies God and backs sodomite marriage
Gay marriage costs Tories support in the pews, poll shows
How truth is still a casualty in dirty war
Why Gerry, or Martin, can’t admit to having been in the IRA
So, is it true that the IRA has not really gone away?
Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams absent from one in four Dail days
The case against Europe: MEP Daniel Hannan reveals the disturbing contempt for democracy at the heart of the EU
New rogue garda claim is hammer blow to inquiry
Ulster abortion figures concern
Kids dressed as IRA terrorists
Downing St: longer Sunday opening hours could stay
‘We feel let down by our politicians’ – IRA victims speak out
George Galloway brands Iris Robinson and DUP hypocrites
Unionism ‘forced’ to share power – McDonnell -SDLP Leader
The divide in Ireland is not one between various faiths — but between religion itself and secularism
Top expert warns Northern Ireland economy is facing meltdown – (The DUP promised an economic utopia as a result of their deal with Sinn Fein/IRA and the “peace” that would follow. What fools Ulster Protestants were to believe them !!)
SDLP scorn for ‘Soviet-style’ SF
Republic of Ireland abandoning religion faster than almost every other country
Survey finds Ireland second only to Vietnam in loss of religious sentiment
Goodbye Team UK: Is Northern Ireland too awkward to be included formally?
Sinn Fein finds new Northern Ireland border signs hard to welcome
Quinn case ‘shows SF opportunism’
Maginnis blasts UUP colleague in gay row
Sinn Fein are wealthiest party and biggest spenders
Peace process could unravel over tapes fight
Equal marriage fuels Gay Pride protest
Irish law would ‘disadvantage Protestants’
SDLP spat over stance on same-sex marriages
Sinn Feiner John O’Dowd denies infiltrating schools with Sinn Fein governors
Sinn Fein divisions on Sean Quinn support reopened
Irish Roman Catholic Church facing ‘Eucharistic famine’ due to shortage of priests
Jim Allister stirs pot in job bias ruling row
‘IRA’ graffiti appears in Derry
Mid-Ulster MP should ‘tell all’ about Claudy – Allister
Families remember Claudy victims