Here in this recording is the stand and the witness of the Free Presbyterian Church as it once was set forth by the man, who in his heyday, was the epitome of contending for the faith and denouncing the errors and evils of ‘Ecumenism’ — the late Dr Ian Paisley.
This sermon was preached the year after I became minister in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church.
It is appropriate, as we mark Kilskeery’s 50 years of witness and contending for the faith, that Ulster hears again the voice of authentic Free Presbyterianism, preaching in that fashion for which he was greatly beloved.
May all consider the contrast there is between that which was being preached back in 1979 and the mocking and degrading parody of the gospel of Christ, offered by Mr Danny Roberts and his LMI associates. Here is a link to a LMI video, which we mount alongside Dr Paisley’s preaching to highlight the utter contrast and is what some Free Presbyterians have invited into their churches and some have even praised while endorsing a condemnation of my witness against the errors of the Logos Ministries International.
Free Presbyterian, please compare Dr Paisley’s definition of Free Presbyterianism with what you are listening to. If there is not a likeness and compatibility, then I suggest you do something about it by telling your minister this truth and urging him to listen to the recording included here!
Dr Paisley’s message here should help all to recognise the drift away from the stand that our denomination was brought into existence to maintain and move them to humbly pray that the Lord in mercy will overthrow the compromise and heal the backsliding that has gripped the Free Presbyterian Church and bring us back again to the ‘old paths’ (Jeremiah 6:16)!
(18th August, 2024 — Annual Day of Prayer marking the beginning of the witness — August 17th 1974)