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Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Mass as the new pontiff

He tells cardinals in the Sistine Chapel that he hopes his election can help the Catholic Church bring light to the “dark nights of this world”

This is one of the headlines that a blinded and beguiled press used to trumpet the arrival of the new occupant to the office in the ‘Roman Catholic Church’, whereby he is henceforth blasphemously named, ‘The Vicar of Jesus Christ’!

For centuries, the occupant of this office has been deemed by Bible-believers as ‘that Antichrist, that man of sin, and son of perdition, that exalts himself, in the Church, against Christ and all that is called God,’ (Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 25, Section 6).

That is the proper view of the man who now calls himself ‘Pope Leo XIV’.

The many titles the pope embraces and the claims he makes of himself and his office totally vindicate the use of the Confession of Faith’s definition of him.

He was born in Chicago as Robert Prevost and he is the first North American to be elected pope. Donald Trump, in keeping with his usual fatuous mouthings, called it a ‘great honour’!

Equally deluded is the leader of the Church of Ireland. He is reported in the Belfast Newsletter as declaring that he is ‘rejoicing’ over election of new pope!

But then he is but part and parcel, along with the new pope, of that evil amalgam which is the beginnings of that which will emerge soon as:

‘MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH’! (Revelation 17:5)

His opening gambit is in keeping with Rome’s blind arrogance and bloated self-glorification. He states that he hopes that the Catholic Church can bring light to the “dark nights of this world”! (more…)

This article was shared with me by a concerned and deeply troubled Free Presbyterian.

It is a warning to American Baptists that the witness of separated Biblical Christianity is fast disappearing in that land.

We may take the truths of this article and place the following heading upon it and it is true of the cause of God here in Ulster:

FREE PRESBYTERIANISM IS FAST ABANDONING THE SEPARATIST STAND TO WHICH GOD CALLED IT AND WHICH SAW GOD’S ABUNDANT BLESSING FALL UPON IT IN DAYS WHEN IT WAS FAITHFUL TO THAT STAND!

The likes of Danny Roberts, openly a neo-evangelical and anti-separatist, is welcomed into Free Presbyterian pulpits and representatives of the party supporting murder and terrorism, Sinn Fein, welcomed and lauded in a Free Presbyterian meeting organised to support the ‘Gaelitising of Northern Ireland’. Furthermore, worldly music, long opposed by our church, is now all too evidently employed in some congregations and open opposition to such is resisted and condemned.

This drift began with the sad decision of Dr Ian Paisley in 2007 to enter a ‘power-sharing’ deal with Sinn Fein/IRA.

These things and others of the same ilk have taken place and they are either excused or ignored by the leadership of our Presbytery.

It is all too evident to many Free Presbyterians that there is an abandoning of our historic separatist stand and that can only lead to the judgment of God falling upon us for such rebellion.

I challenge the Moderator and Clerk of our Presbytery to deny what I say and show why I, and many others, ministers and elders, are wrong in our concerns.

Rev Ivan Foster (Rtd)
9th May 2025

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Why Most Fundamental Baptist Churches Will Be Emerging Within 20 Years

Enlarged May 6, 2025 (first published December 15, 2011)

David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061

866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org

“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished” (Proverbs 22:3).

We are witnessing a great blending and merging among every type of church, from fundamentalism to Catholicism, which will culminate in the totally apostate harlot “church” that will be aligned with the antichrist (Revelation 17-18). (more…)

— A brief exposition of Psalm 15 —

“He that walketh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart,” Psalm 15:2.

This second verse sets out to answer the question posed in  verse 1.

The answer is continued in the rest of the Psalm but verse 2 deals with it in a positive manner. It tells us in an affirmative way what marks the character of the one who ABIDES and DWELLS in God’s presence.

I. THE HOLY PERSON HAS A PARTICULAR WALK.

“He that walketh uprightly. . .”

1. Every step that the Christian takes is markedly different from that of the world. As Paul exhorted: “And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God,” Romans 12:2.

The Christian cannot but be “in the world” but they are not “of the world”.

That concept simply means that in the world we actively participate in the legitimate activities of its everyday affairs; living a normal life, and engaging with others, including those who may not share the same beliefs or values.

But there must be a maintaining of a separation from the world’s sinful influences and values. These are so often associated with materialism, greed, and worldly pursuits which dominate business affairs and must be constantly guarded against. We must not be governed by worldly standards or judgments. The unregenerate person will rarely hesitate to act unlawfully or dishonestly, at least to some measure, in order to gain profit! The excuse that is often offered is , ‘Sure, everyone does it!’.

That may be so but the Christian MUST NOT do it. (more…)