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This is one of the national press headlines in the latest development in the ‘undoing’ of Brexit saga!

The Brexit surrender begins: Starmer ‘gives French access to UK waters for 12 years’ and is set to commit Britain to obeying Brussels’ rules on food

A UK-wide referendum took place in June 2016, in which 51.89 per cent voted in favour of leaving the EU and 48.11 per cent voted to remain a member state.

At that time I published a statement from the Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony on the matter of the UK leaving the EU.

It read as follows:

“Statement from the Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony on the recent decision by the United Kingdom to withdraw from the European Union

Europe in Bible Prophecy

The subject of Europe is very prominent in the news at present and that interest has only increased not diminished since the outcome of the EU referendum has been decided.

We are constantly being told by all political leaders what this result means, what is going to happen now and where it will all lead?

It seems that everyone has an opinion to give or a statement to make on the subject!

All of which has only led to greater confusion, division and uncertainty.

But the question that should concern us as Bible believing Christians is – What saith the Scriptures?

What does the Word of God have to say on the subject of the future of Europe? That should be our response to every situation and subject in life and our nation’s membership of the European Union should be no different. (more…)

Many ‘provincial’ newspapers have articles written by one who calls himself ‘The Rambler’. The name suits the style of the writer in that it is usually a series of collections of tales and stories and anecdotes of folk and their experiences, which would not normally make the headlines or generate a great deal of media interest, but which prove of interest to a dedicated readership who love nostalgia!

The Belfast Newsletter has a ‘Rambler’ but I don’t really think that there are many who, for any reason at all, find his articles of interest.

I am referring to one, John Coulter!

He has been paid to produce, yet again, the greatest mishmash of opinionated balderdash that ever came forth from a ‘Biro’!

His latest article is entitled: ‘Could we Christians be to blame for falling numbers in the pews?’ It is dated 14th May 2025.

As is often the case, no matter what topic he claims he is writing about, it is the Bible-believer that he targets!

This article is a series of conjured up scenarios that have little basis in truth. He paints a picture of the ‘Fundamentalist’ in the darkest hues.

He loves to misapply the Word of God and quotes those whose philosophy is anti-Bible!

In this latest ‘schoolboyish’ attempt at writing, he says: “Some of the most powerful lobbies in many places of worship are judgemental church gossips, especially in militant fundamentalist denominations. They love to pour out their bile on what you are doing wrong, but have these gossips ever stopped to think of the harm they are doing to the Christian faith?”

As ever, the ‘militant fundamentalist denominations’ are squeezed in , under any old pretext, in order to do them down! He goes on to say: “Physically, when you point the finger at someone over something, there are three fingers pointing back at you! Are the judgemental church gossips and militant fundamentalists who like to point out my faults as a journalist for the opinions or challenges I express actually saying they are themselves sinless?” (more…)