Index to this edition
- Latest news stories
- Foreshadowing of the future – A warning for the EU
- The Return of Christ – Pre-millennial
- SERMON: Digging again the wells of water
- A word from prisoner number 1425
- SERMON: The benefits of having the Bible
- NEW BOOK: Encounters with Christ
- Editor’s correspondence with ‘Father’ Patrick McCafferty:Part 5
- Pictures of Christ series of Bible studies for Kilskeery Independent Christian School
Foreshadowing of the future – a warning for the EU
A message preached by Dr. John Douglas, in which he expounds the Bible’s teaching on the development of the kingdom of the Antichrist and the role that the European Union will play in that development.
We would ask our friends who do not share in our view of prophecy – premillennialism – to give serious consideration to this message.
The Return of Christ – Pre-millennial
by Rev Ivan Foster
(This message was given at the first meeting of 2000 of the Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony in London.)
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever” (Daniel 2:44).
When it comes to the study of prophecy, this subject is a very elementary one, yet it is a subject to which many give little thought. Many Christians have a general view of the return of Christ, that it is going to happen, but they are not well versed on what the Bible has to say about that glorious event. That ought not to be. It is a subject with which God’s people should be well acquainted.
It is clear from the Word of God that the Christians in the days of the apostles were very well taught about the return of Christ. Indeed, when Paul wrote to the Thessalonians, he said he needed hardly to write on this subject as they knew about it perfectly (1 Thessalonians 5:2). It could be thought that those early believers would have had to learn so many subjects; that they were to be taught in doctrine of which they never had the slightest knowledge before the gospel came to them. Paul would have had to deal with the doctrine of God, His Person, His power, the mystery of the Trinity, and the inspiration of God’s Word. Although there was so much to teach, the apostle found time to tell those early believers about the second coming of the Lord and of the end times. Many ministers today would speak as if Paul had so much else to proclaim, that teaching about the return of Christ and the doctrine of eschatology could be left to a later generation. Read more or listen using the player below.
Digging wells for our children to drink from.
(A message preached at a teachers’ day of prayer in Portadown FPC, May 14th, 2016, by Rev Ivan Foster.)
“And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them,” Gen 26:18
This portion of God’s Word is illustrative of the ongoing struggle that each succeeding generation of believers must engage, in if they are to enjoy the benefits of the covenant of grace.
That which ensures that there is an ongoing struggle is the unchanging enmity of the enemies of God’s people. Conquered by one generation of believers, they will rise up to challenge the next. Isaac found this to be so. “The Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham”.
Here in Ulster, the establishing and successfully running of independent Christian schools is central to that ongoing struggle.
I wish to apply this portion of God’s Word to that aspect of God’s work in Ulster today. Read more…
Listen to the message using the player below.
A word from prisoner number 1425
An article by Rev. Ivan Foster (Written for a ‘pre-digital’ edition of The Burning Bush shortly after a third spell in jail in April 1986)
Rev. Ivan Foster was arrested at his church in Kilskeery in Co. Tyrone on Monday 21 April (1986) and taken to Crumlin Road Jail to serve a sentence of 14 days for refusing to pay a fine imposed upon him for his part in a protest against the R.U.C. carrying out Dublin’s orders to ban the Protestant parade in Castlewellan last July (1985). With full remission of sentence, and, because the Prison does not have weekend releases, Mr. Foster was set free on Friday 25 April. Read more…
The benefits of having the Bible
[The slightly enlarged substance of a message preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church, 31st March 1991 by the then minister, Rev Ivan Foster.
At the service Bibles were distributed to the children of the congregation to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Free Presbyterian Church on March 17th 1951.]
“The entrance of thy words giveth light; it giveth understanding unto the simple,” Psalm 119:130.
As a church we revere the Bible. It is given a prominent place in our services and in our lives. We preach its doctrines and contend for its truths. To mark the fortieth year of our church we can think of no better memento to give to our children than a copy of the Bible.
The word BIBLE comes from a Greek word BIBLOS = The BOOK. This is the BOOK for us in Kilskeery. We hope it will become the BOOK of all the children and young people here tonight. Read more…or listen using the player below.
NEW BOOK: Encounters with Christ
“Encounters with Christ”, by Ann Foster, is a Bible-based record of some notable miracles of healing wrought by the Saviour during His earthly ministry. He healed multitudes, giving sight to the blind, casting out devils, cleansing the lepers, causing the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the maimed to be whole, the palsied to recover and imparting life to the dead. These miracles were always accompanied by earnest prayer, a consciousness of need and faith on the part of the one who sought healing. They also illustrate vital gospel truth. Sinners are spiritually blind, controlled by Satan, unclean, lame, maimed, paralysed and dead as a result of sin and they desperately need the spiritual healing and deliverance which Christ alone can give. They too must come with a deep consciousness of their sin, earnestly seeking salvation and believing that Christ alone can save.
The book also details some notable conversations with individuals. Again gospel truth is illustrated. In the Lord’s conversation with the woman of Samaria, He revealed to her the depth of her iniquity and His identity as the Messiah. The sinner must realise and acknowledge his sin in the eyes of a holy God and recognise Christ as God’s only anointed Saviour. In His conversation with Nicodemus, He stressed the necessity of the new birth even for a self- righteous sinner, spoke of His death on the cross, using the symbol of the uplifted serpent in the wilderness, to secure eternal life for His people.
However, not all who were healed were saved. Some, like Malchus, accepted healing for his severed ear, but rejected Christ’s message. Not all who talked with Christ, like the rich, young ruler, heeded His instruction to leave all and follow Him if he wished to obtain eternal life. Mercifully, Nicodemus was born again, despite all appearances to the contrary, for we find him at the cross with Joseph of Arimathea, carefully removing Christ’s body, wrapping it in spices and fine linen, laying it in the tomb and rolling the stone to the door.
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Editor’s correspondence with ‘Father’ Patrick McCafferty
Back in 2002, I entered into a correspondence in the pages of “The Burning Bush” with a Roman Catholic priest from Belfast. The correspondence arose after I wrote a letter in reply to an article by the priest in “The Belfast Telegraph” of August 24th, 2002.
I was grieved at such a platform being given to the errors and deceptions of Rome and commented on the priest’s article in a letter to “The Belfast Telegraph.”
It will be noted how our two replies to the priest were edited by the ‘Letters Editor’ of “The Belfast Telegraph” before they quickly closed the exchange after two exchanges.
The Word of God was not liked by that ecumenical newspaper back then and it is still the case. Every effort was made to shield and protect the priest of Rome from the rebuke of God’s Word.
We are republishing the correspondence, which continued for eight exchanges, and appeared in “The Burning Bush” from October 2002 until May 2003, because of the publicity given to the ‘warm relationship’ that was manifested between this priest and Pastor James McConnell during the recent trial occasioned by Pastor McConnell’s pulpit statements about Islam. Pastor McConnell asked ‘Father’ Patrick McCafferty to speak on his behalf during the trial.
All this “ecumenical camaraderie” between the pastor and the priest may appear to some to give endorsement of the teachings of Rome and it is for this reason we highlight again the errors this priest, like all Roman Catholic clerics, propagates.
Needless to say, it also highlights the folly of James McConnell!
Read Part 5 of the exchange here.
Pictures of Christ series
Rev. Foster is engaged in an ongoing series of studies in Kilskeery Independent Christian School morning assemblies in which he deals with the theme, “Pictures of Christ in the Bible”, i.e. the descriptions and types of Christ given in the Scriptures.
Each new study will be added as it becomes available and you can listen to new studies using the player below.
Previously published studies in this series can be heard here.
Latest news stories
Ex-SF MLA facing likely bankruptcy after losing libel legal bid
HIA Kincora inquiry: Security bosses say no evidence of cover-up or involvement by agents
Thousands sign petition over gorilla’s death – (How many of them would sign an ‘anti-abortion’ petition??)
Former Aide To PM Guilty Over Child Images
Glenariff: DUP halts £180k Glens community funding over ‘IRA names on gates’
Birmingham pub bombings: Inquests reopened, as coroner says ‘police missed warnings’
Birmingham bomb hearings will bring no comfort, says ex-IRA man
Three of the surviving Birmingham pub bombers ‘living in Dublin’ – (‘Doing the right thing’ is unlikely for mass murderers!!)
I fear the Birmingham bombings inquest will only bring heartache
Fury at dissident exploitation of children during illegal Lurgan Easter Rising parade
Commentator Jude Collins called to apologise after ‘outrageous’ comments
Media pundit Jude Collins who likened Boys’ Brigade to terrorist groups stands by remarks
Northern Ireland flag chair removed from Tesco stores – (This shows the bitter, intolerant spirit of Irish nationalism and also the cowardice of Tesco!!)
More news
June 1
Sister of pub attack victim condemns ‘gutless’ bombers
Victim’s sister confronts ex-IRA boss
Former MLA John McCallister tipped for Justice adviser position to Minister Claire Sugden – (Jobs for the boys??!!)
Cllr Raymond Farrell officially back in DUP fold
DUP slam plans for republican monument in Magherafelt
Split row church St Matthias in Knocknamuckley advertises for new minister
MI5 may have bugged RUC interrogation centre during the Troubles
RUC man found own uncle amid Kingsmills carnage
Why Police buried Colm Murphy’s Kingsmill palm print for 40 years
‘To the day Frannie Doyle died, she never got over death of her father at hands of IRA’
Ann Travers pays tribute after daughter of murdered magistrate dies
Police hand over 26 boxes of secret files as Kincora abuse investigation opens
Inquiry told of British state ‘collusion’ in sex abuse at Belfast boys’ home
Trudeau does not defend actions of Canadian ambassador
Businessman Frank Cushnahan arrested by NCA in Nama probe
Nama probe: Two arrested by NCA over £1.2 billion assets sale
EU referendum: 70% of unionists voting for Brexit
May 31
TUV’s Allister ‘relishing’ finance position
Frazer optimistic on £300m Libyan cash for IRA victims
Child abuse inquiry turns to Kincora home and claims of MI5 blackmail
Kincora Boys’ Home: Inquiry to examine abuse claims
Historic abuse inquiry to examine claims about Kincora Boys’ home
First openly gay (sodomite) deputy lord mayor for Belfast to be elected – (What a cursed step this is, Romans 1:21-32 !!)
Protest at Canadian Embassy in Dublin after arrest of Craigavon Two supporter
Politicians and media accused of trying to destroy Catholic Church
Scotland and its Irish-born residents are quietly pro-EU
Dilapidated EU falling down around our ears; it’s time to move to much better place
‘We will multiply our descendants’ Turkey PM says NO Muslim should use birth control
Turkey’s migrant deal with EU is NOT working, Italy says as Ankara holds Europe to ransom
May 30
Twenty people rescued from inflatable boat off UK coast
Fears Over Migrants Crossing Channel By Boat
David Cameron facing leadership coup as Tory MP calls for him to go live on TV
Row erupts as Sinn Fein makes move to ban bonfires in areas where residents are opposed to them
Education Minister Peter Weir: Equality and no favouritism for Irish language schools
Dublin shooting: Man charged with murder of Tyrone dissident republican
12 men arrested after un-notified parade in Lurgan
Condemnation after hoax bomb find outside Co Fermanagh Orange Hall
Former head of IRA intelligence: Claims British mole knew of Birmingham pub bombings ‘very credible’
Trudeau won’t say if Kevin Vickers will be disciplined after tackling an Irish protester
Kevin Vickers is a hero, but he was out of line in Dublin
Nigel Farage’s key aide in IRA outrage as he’s revealed as hardline Irish Republican
Can anybody truthfully say that Irish is a necessary language?
May 28
If ministers have real power, then few 20-somethings are suited to wielding it
Why the Kingsmills (1976 IRA massacre of 10 Protestants workmen) inquest is so important
Revealed: Secret Orange offer of Drumcree talks under senior priest
How major Drumcree talks offer was made – and kept secret
Executive rids itself of old guard but are they up to the job?
Sammy Wilson MP claims SF gearing up for fantasy finance plans
Finance minister Mairtin O Muilleoir wants power to borrow money from Treasury – (Spend British money like water – central SF policy!!!)
DUP Councillor fumes after being ‘gagged’ at Mid Ulster Council
RC Archbishop Martin calls for united Ireland – (He is at one with SF/IRA on this issue!!)
Kincora abuse victim loses Historical Institutional Abuse inquiry appeal
DUBLIN’S Kinahan gang want to ‘wipe out’ rivals and have ‘a state within a state’ – (They have learned from Sinn Fein/IRA!!)
Immigration uncontrollable while Britain remains in the EU, says Employment Minister Priti Patel
Immigration: a price worth paying for economic growth? – (The ‘love of many’ will be the deciding factor in this issue!!!)
Boris Johnson bites back (gently) at Juncker’s EU invitation
EU leaders are planning a post-Brexit future without the UK
Britain will be forced to join an EU ARMY unless we leave, says Armed Forces Minister
May 27
Eurozone RUPTURE: Now SPAIN threatens to tear EU apart as banks LOSE €1.4BILLION in a day
MPs warn voters being ‘conned’ as Brussels keeps plans for EU army secret until after referendum
Sinn Féin and DUP accept they are on their own for the next five years
DUP MP Jim Shannon asked to pay back nearly £14k in staff mileage claims
Republican inmates challenge Prison Service on warders’ ID
Canadian ambassador who took down Islamic terrorist tackles protester at Dublin 1916 remembrance
How scars of Tullyvallen massacre have never healed
‘Not appropriate’: Sinn Féin rejects invitation to commemorate British 1916 deaths
May 26
Northern Ireland forms new power-sharing executive
Sam McBride: Sinn Fein again outmanoeuvred by Foster’s dominant DUP – (Time will tell!!)
Sinn Fein unveils ministers without IRA past to take up new Executive posts – (They do have an IRA present in that Sinn Fein is under its controls!!!)
SDLP accuse Sinn Féin of giving justice ‘triple lock’ to unionism
Sugden appointment a ‘corruption of Good Friday Agreement’ – Nesbitt
Claire Sugden: Straight-talking wild card in deal with Executive ‘jokers’
Claire Sugden puts faith in the subtle approach as she assumes justice ministry – (You could almost feel sorry for her!!)
From backbench obscurity to top of dissident hit-list for new Justice Minister Claire Sugden
‘Depraved’ attack on Belfast war memorial condemned
Hilary Clinton Violated Email Rules, Audit Finds
Kingsmills inquest: It took me 40 years to weep for my son, reveals elderly mother of slain workman
Army were told to stay away from Kingsmills, claims survivor
May 25
Kingsmills inquest: ‘Who was the godfather?’ asks mother
Londonderry woman Diana King has ‘no regrets’ over buying abortion pills – (Helping to slay unborn children is something which will be more than regretted one day!!!)
NI Executive: Martin McGuinness announces Sinn Féin ministers
Sinn Féin’s Martin McGuinness to visit Somme and Flanders
McGuinness Somme tribute a stunt – Jim Allister – (Jeffrey Donaldson’s comments are stupidly naive!!!)
Martin McGuinness snubs invitation to attend memorial event for Somme centenary to avoid controversy
The new Belfast Lord Mayor will be DUP councillor Brian Kingston
Prince Charles meets former IRA commander 37 years after terror group murdered his uncle
Charles visits Orange Order museum on trip of diverse engagements
Pair to stand trial on republican parade riot charges
Cops staked out dissident arms dump for a month
Ex-Sinn Fein man nabbed heading to Dubai and quizzed over Regency attack guns – (Sinn Fein/IRA has ongoing links to terrorism and crime!!!)
MEPs On The Move: Madness Of ‘Strasbourg Shift’
Retired Generals Join The Battle For Brexit
Brilliant moment Wetherspoons boss tells UK exactly why PM is NOT telling truth on Brexit
‘STOPPED, DELAYED’ Minister slams EU for interfering ‘day in, day out’ in UK affairs
May 24
Kingsmills inquest: IRA ‘lack courage’ to accept responsibility for murders – (Lacking courage is hardly surprising within such a bunch of craven killers!!)
Kingsmills inquest: I will give evidence, says top Garda IRA agent
Atheist Numbers Surge In England And Wales – (Doubters and Deviants in the pulpit can only lead to deniers in the pew!!!)
People with no religion exceeding Christians in England and Wales, says study
No wonder they want us to Remain: Germany fears Brexit because they would lose £35BILLION
Bomb threats made to seven primary schools in Northern Ireland
Associate of Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch shot dead in latest Dublin gangland killing
Mystery of doomed EgyptAir jet deepens amid contrary claims pilot did issue Mayday before crash
Human remains from crashed EgyptAir plane ‘point to explosion on board’
Was terrorism behind EgyptAir plane crash, or not?
No contact with Alliance or Sugden as clock ticks over justice ministry
Thatcher a major influence on my leadership, says Arlene Foster
DUP struggling to select a new Lord Mayor for Belfast
May 23
Kingsmills massacre survivor wants ‘the unvarnished truth’ – (That, the poor man, will not get!!!)
Teenage boys attacked in ‘sectarian hate crime’
‘Sectarian attack’ on Woodvale teenagers
SDLP ‘has turned its back on the Good Friday Agreement’ – (This shows how important to IRA/SF and their long term plans the GFA was!!!)
Londonderry murder: Youth arrested over murder of man
Reaction: Murder probe underway after death of 24-year-old in Londonderry
UDA duo behind protection racket ‘pair of chancers’
‘Gerrypicking’ the victims of the Troubles
‘I didn’t like the IRA… I couldn’t stand them as people so I became a unionist by default’
DUP’s stance on marriage, abortion may woo Catholic voters
Pro same-sex marriage support in Northern Ireland ‘greater than in the Republic’ – (Thanks to ecumenical, liberal theology of Protestant churches!!!)
Growing fears that New IRA planning attack in Britain
Surveillance of New IRA is stepped up by Garda in Republic of Ireland
Senior INLA man was in Sunset House pub when Barr shot dead
EU membership makes UK ‘literally ungovernable’, says David Cameron’s former guru Steve Hilton
Trade wars: memo shows EU is costing UK billions
Armed Forces Minister Penny Mordaunt: ‘The UK can’t veto Turkey joining EU’
EU referendum: Row over Turkey’s membership bid escalates
PM faces storm for attack on his OWN minister after she spoke out on migration from Turkey
EXCLUSIVE POLL: 12 MILLION Turks say they’ll come to the UK once EU deal is signed
May 21
East Antrim’s DUP MLAs blasted after backing SF for Principal Deputy Speaker role
LATEST – Kirk votes to allow gay clergy marriages – (WHAT AN ABOMINABLE AND BLASPHEMOUS DECISION!!)
Big two rattled as rivals will no longer carry can for tough decisions. Let real politics commence
Why Catholics just won’t vote unionist
Martin + Arlene = ‘Marlene’… but who came up with leaders’ new nickname? – (‘Chuckle brothers’ Mark II !!!)
Smoke detected minutes before EgyptAir plane crashed
EgyptAir crash: Black box ‘located’ as new pictures of debris of doomed flight released
Pictures released of EgyptAir crash wreckage
EgyptAir crash: Flight data seems to ‘point towards a bomb’ as first images of debris are released
Security services ‘to play full part in Kincora probe’
Pope has no plans to visit Ireland, claims church amid rumours
Church of Scotland to decide on gay marriage for ministers – (What they are deciding is to publicly call God a liar and sanction what He condemns!!!)
Police appeal after rocks thrown through church windows
Gangland feud in Dublin – Kinahan to meet his mob in Dubai for war council
Sir Richard Dearlove is right, visa waivers for Turks are dangerous
May 20
EGYPTIAN PLANE – Body Part, Bags, Plane Seats Found – Official
NI Executive: Claire Sugden would consider justice minister job offer
Ian Paisley calls for apology from Jim Wells over cigarette packaging remark – (His grandfather, Pastor J Kyle Paisley, withheld church membership from professing Christians working in Ballymena tobacco factory – a stand God honoured!!)
DUP’s Paisley calls on Jim Wells to apologise over cigarette packaging tweet
EgyptAir crash: Investigation continues amid terror fears
‘No Indication’ What Downed EgyptAir Jet
‘Debris’ Found In Sea Not From Missing Jet
Brussels chiefs say Britain should build MORE HOUSES to cope with influx of EU migrants
Saudi Arabia bill will ‘open courts of justice to families of 9/11 victims’
SDLP quits power-sharing Executive at Stormont
Population explosion on Opposition benches welcome
SDLP announce they are entering official opposition at Stormont
NI Executive: SDLP will hold ‘government to account’ says Colum Eastwood
Battle looms for NI justice post as Alliance pulls out of executive
Alliance refusal to take up justice post ‘could trigger fresh election’
Alliance ruling body backs Ford to turn down Justice post
Martin McGuinness and Arlene Foster say they are confident challenges can be overcome – (DUP and SF get closer!!!)
Gun attack victim ‘forced’ from home
Pope set for Ireland visit says Archbishop of Dublin
Pope set to include Armagh in expected visit to Ireland in 2018
Kincora sex abuse cover-up a case of systemic failure, court hears
Ex-soldier says ‘Unionists don’t own the Somme’ and have no right to exclude Sinn Fein’s McGuinness – (Are there no grounds for objecting to an IRA terrorist turning up at Somme commemoration???)
May 19
TERROR IN THE SKIES: EgyptAir MS804 plane debris FOUND as crash ‘almost certainly’ attack
Alliance will have sold its soul and given in to political blackmail by accepting the Justice post
NI Executive: SDLP and Alliance Party to hold separate crucial talks
Orange Order: Warm welcome and tough talking as Catholic college opens up to Protestant history
Police ‘are facing severe terror threat from IRA’
Probe launched into ‘illegal’ 1916 memorial which is to officially open in Lurgan
IRA tried to write my mum’s story. I’m here to put it straight
Jerry McCabe widow in Bertie snub claims
Ahern dismisses claims he ignored McCabe’s widow
Gerry Hutch’s nephew charged with the murder of David Byrne (33) in Regency Hotel Dublin
David Byrne murder: Man charged over Dublin boxing weigh-in attack
Woman who had rapist’s child says ‘something amazing came from that horror’ – (Abortion is advised in such circumstances!!)
Willie Frazer’s fury at Martin McGuinness’ Somme invite
Sinn Féin to end ‘average wage’ policy due to rule changes
Sinn Fein staff set for pay cut after introduction of new rules
‘Christ reigns’ – Pastor defiant over Down Baptist Church arson
Church in Co Down damaged in arson attack
May 18
Abortion figures for NI women ‘don’t tell true story’ – (Figures released exceed the total of murders during the IRA terror campaign!!!)
Ulster Farmers Union should take a position on Brexit, says Ian Paisley Junior
Interpol: 800,000 Migrants Ready To Head To EU
Nato risks nuclear war with Russia ‘within a year’, senior general warns
Absurd for SDLP not to join a brave new world
Army veteran with no legs told to prove he’s disabled to get assistance benefit
Mike Nesbitt: Goebbels tweet by UUP leader criticised
Mike Nesbitt responds to Goebbels tweet criticism
Capanagh Forest arms dump: Items found ‘could have made dozens of bombs’
Major arms discoveries ‘very worrying’ says former intelligence officer
Deadly mortars used before by group known as the ‘IRA’
Military spooks sent to Northern Ireland over terror plot fears
Bomb find represents a blow to dissidents
Dublin accused of hypocrisy over call to open UK files on 1974 bombings
Jeremy Corbyn should not be allowed to rewrite the history of his support for the IRA
May 17
Boris Johnson: The EU wants a superstate, just as Hitler did – (Interesting comments on attempts to rebuild Roman Empire through the ages.!!)
EU referendum: Leaked letter ‘shows how Cameron plotted against Leave’
Man held over murder of takeaway driver Dan Murray
ArleneFoster ‘would not support SF Justice Minister’
Dan Murray’s killers ‘judge, jury and executioner’ mourners told
One person a month shot by paramilitaries
833 Northern Ireland women travelled to Great Britain for abortion in 2015, Department of Health report reveals – (That puts the terrorist murder victims numbers in its proper context!!!)
Evidence from US witness sought in Jean McConville case
Families of GB soldiers who died in NI should always be welcome here
Man on 1997 IRA bomb charge can return to Coalisland
Ex-Sinn Féin MLA Phil Flanagan won’t say if £20k Stormont deal will pay Tom Elliott libel costs – (Tom Elliott need not hold his breath!!!)
1916 Rising had ‘no legitimacy whatsoever’ – ex-attorney general (Irish)
Sinn Fein’s Martin McGuinness may attend Battle of the Somme 100th anniversary event – (How magnanimous of him!!!!)
Veterans plan Somme event boycott if Sinn Fein’s McGuinness attends – (Rightly so!!)
Capanagh Forest: ‘Terrorist hide’ found in woods near Larne
Capanagh Forest arms find ‘one of most significant in years’, police say
May 16
UK priest wanted over sex abuse claims ‘held in Kosovo’
Catholic cleric wanted over historic sex assault arrested in Kosovo after five-year hunt
‘We Believe Boris’: EU Poll Blow For PM
EU Referendum: Boris Johnson compares EU’s aims to Hitler’s – (He is more correct than he knows!!)
Boris Johnson: The EU wants a superstate, just as Hitler did
Arlene Foster’s Brexit comments ‘irresponsible’, opponents blast
Nesbitt leads UUP out into Opposition for five years
Terror threats escalated – Same old story, different faces
Families of four soldier victims of 1984 IRA bomb return to Fermanagh for plaque unveiling
Gerry-built version of history has never stood up to scrutiny
May 13
NI Assembly: DUP’s Arlene Foster rejects Ulster Unionists’ opposition seats plan – (Sitting side by side would be too much for the DUP supporters to stomach. They want to continue to pretend they are the enemies of Sinn Fein!!!)
Foster ‘surprised’ by UUP’s move to opposition
McGuinness’s Opposition attack on UUP is just silly, says Trimble
Kingsmills survivor makes final impassioned appeal for killers to come forward
Kingsmill massacre inquest to go ahead despite postponement calls
IRA victim ‘stunned’ at second health referral to terror memorial centre
Pro-life midwives are being isolated by the Royal College – (Murder of unborn is government policy in most countries!!)
SF man ‘can’t pay’ £50k libel damages to Tom Elliott after losing seat – (“So I’m not going to lose too much sleep over it.” – Insight into republican morality!!!)
Five NW Sinn Féiners tipped as potential Gerry Adams replacements
Dissidents ratchet up terror campaign with one bomb attack a week
Brexit won’t hurt Northern Ireland at all – instead, it will brighten its future
SDLP and Sinn Fein ‘alienating devout Catholics’
Murdered soldiers’ families in Enniskillen for plaque ceremony
May 12
Jim Allister Opposes Nomination of Sinn Fein’s Caitriona Ruane
We face the biggest terrorism threat in our history from both rogue IRA dissidents and ISIS
NI Assembly: UUP will go into into opposition at Stormont
Ulster Unionists form first Official Opposition since 1972
Ulster Unionist Party to form first official Northern Ireland Assembly opposition
McCallister: SDLP should follow UUP into Opposition
Northern Catholics want an alternative to Sinn Féin, but it isn’t the SDLP
DUP best represents views of some Catholics on moral issues
DUP’s Newton elected Speaker as first SF man to hold post bows out
Coroner receives ‘significant’ information on Birmingham pub bombings
ITV Choosing Farage For EU Debate ‘Extraordinary’
May 11
PIRA still exists, says North’s police chief – (As they were in 2007 when Unionists were persuaded to back power-sharing with Sinn Fein!!)
‘Gay cake’ case: Northern Ireland Attorney General says judgement against Ashers was wrong
Delivery driver shot dead in Belfast had been targeted twice before
Killers ‘getting away with it’
Outrage over ‘barbaric murder’ of Belfast fast food delivery driver Dan Murray
Gun victim’s partner brands his killers ‘cowards’
Sinn Fein incensed by ‘disgraceful’ McPhillips speech
Suspected Regency Hotel gunman flees Dublin
‘The nuns poured boiling water on our heads’
UUP: Security picture in NI has not changed in six months – (Why the ‘tamer’ headline in the DUP-backing ‘Newsletter’???)
UUP leader Mike Nesbitt stonewalls over re-entry to Executive
Villiers: DUP and SF need to work urgently to end paramilitary attacks – (What a ludicrous statement!! It is Sinn Fein which has the private army!!)
Alliance has no mandate to be in talks, says Nesbitt
No ‘civil war’ in Mid Ulster after DUP election spat
May 10
Man feared dead after West Belfast gun attackDan Murray murder: Murder victim lured by phone-box takeaway caller
Fake takeaway order lured delivery driver to his death
Record number of families forced from homes by dissidents – (These are Roman Catholic families forced out by RC terrorists!!!)
Arlene Foster says there is no stitch-up on Northern Executive
Defeated Mid Ulster DUP candidate Ian McCrea hits out at ‘Arlene’s choice Buchanan untruths’
Anti-abortion group hails election results as a victory
Sam McBride: With his goal receding, ageing McGuinness faces forlorn future
Cliff Richard sexual abuse claims sent to Crown Prosecution Service
Body of boy, 16, pulled from River Thames by volunteer divers after police halt underwater searches
May 9
Conor Murphy tipped to be Sinn Féin’s first minister at Stormont
DUP in dilemma over whether to take education ministry
PUP man continues to back Hutchinson after feeble election results – (Poor showing by this UVF-linked party speaks well of Unionists deep-seated rejection of terrorism)
I’m too young to retire, says Allister as he goes back to Assembly alone
Ban on same sex marriage in N Ireland must go, urges Amnesty International
Unionists overwhelmingly back Brexit: Dodds
‘Compared to IRA massacres N-word row can seem trivial’
Upper Bann: O’Dowd beats Kelly after nail-bitingly close finish – (O’Dowd poor result is indicative of SF’s losing its ‘shine’!!)
Sinn Fein gets outflanked on the Left in its very heartlands
Ruth Patterson to quit politics after disappointing South Belfast Assembly election result
Christian bakers seek to overturn decision in pro-gay marriage cake case
‘Praise Allah’ bus slogans get green light just months after Lord’s Prayer ad gets banned
EU ARMY MOVES STEP CLOSER: MEP says Brussels defence force ‘only way’ to protect Europe
Downing Street accused of ‘manipulating’ spy chiefs after they warn against Brexit
Sadiq Khan attacks Jeremy Corbyn hours after winning London Mayor election
Sadiq Khan uses first major interview as Mayor of London to attack leader Jeremy Corbyn
May 6
NI Assembly election: Counting process set to begin
DUP and Sinn Fein battle it out in North poll
Hunger striker’s family blasts Sinn Fein for turning commemoration into an ‘electioneering stunt’ (Sinn Fein is famous for getting the ‘ dead’ out to vote!!)
IRA victim’s sister Ann Travers slams ‘disgusting’ Sinn Fein tweet
Adams’ n-word tweet: Now his own deputy Mary Lou McDonald and equality watchdog speak out
Michael Barr: Police arrest 15 men after murdered man’s funeral in Strabane
Unionists welcome ‘swift action’ by police after Mickey Barr funeral paramilitary display
Strabane arrests mark change in tactics from PSNI
‘Dissident funeral arrests not influenced by political pressure’: PSNI
Unionist fury as Housing Executive spends £5,000 on Easter Rising mural
‘Gay cake’ row: Christian bakers ‘praying for just outcome’ from appeal hearing
‘We pray that we will soon see our final day in court’ say McArthurs
Church says homophobic abuse against MLA candidate ‘unacceptable’
May 5
Paedophile priest ‘allowed child access after allegations’
How lure of money defeated Provos’ armed campaign
Unionist parties give full backing to terror victims’ election wish list
Stakeknife probe: Top English officer ‘to lead investigation’
SDLP’s McCrossan silent about fake ‘followers’
McGuinness tried to squash Eastwood, but failed to do so
Widow Joanne McGibbon to leave Belfast after paramilitary murder of husband
Paramilitary fears after two shootings in Maghera and Tobermore inside 24 hours
Adams’ civil rights ‘founding member’ claim rejected
Sinn Fein MEP ridiculed after support for Adams over slavery
BBC denies DUP claims Adams was ‘let off the hook’ over n-word row
Gerry Adams N-word tweet: SF president’s bye-ball an own-goal for Radio Ulster
Adams is a discredited figure yet he does not suffer at the polls – (Sinn Fein voters have happily supported murderers so why not fools!!)
George Bell: The battle for a bishop’s reputation
May 4
Hitler and Zionism: Why the Haavara Agreement does not mean the Nazis were Zionists
Chief Rabbi: Labour has a ‘severe’ problem with anti-Semitism
Computer gap lets ‘tourists’ disappear forever as EU opens door to 127 million
EU was designed to be United States of Europe, Brussels founder claims in shock interview
Fury ERUPTS over German plot to HIDE secret EU army using UK troops till after referendum
Gerry Adams: ‘I’ve never seen myself as white’ – (Black-hearted, most certainly!!!)
Gerry Adams N-word tweet ‘an honest mistake’, says Martin McGuinness – (Honesty is foreign to Adams and all of Sinn Fein!!!)
Civil rights leaders ‘astonished’ by Adams founder member claim – (As already noted, honesty is foreign to Adams!!)
Sam McBride: ‘N****r’ isn’t the really offensive part – Gerry Adams’ explanation is
Gerry Adams’ N-word tweet ‘test of Sinn Féin leadership’ says DUP leader
Gerry Adams’ conceit that nationalist suffering is somehow similar to slavery is absurd
Sinn Fein MEP ridiculed after support for Adams over slavery – (A slave ‘tells lies’ in defence of her master!!)
N-word tweet has briefly silenced the ‘Shinnerbots’
Troubling thing is Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams actually believes own propaganda
SDLP fights for survival in Derry in face of Sinn Féin onslaught
May 3
Former Drumcree minister backs Royal Black in church controversy
SDLP founder backs McCrossan in West Tyrone
Abortion and Brexit divide Foyle unionists – (UUP pro-abortion – that’s what ecumenism does!!)
Labour has secretly suspended 50 members for anti-Semitic and racist comments
Deputy Labour leader, John McDonnell praised terrorists and defended violent protest. (His leadership ambitions are nothing to laugh about)
The EU exists only to become a superstate. Britain has no place in it
Gerry Adams defends use of ‘N’ word on Twitter about Django Unchained
Critics round on Adams over racism row and civil rights claim
Pressure on Gerry Adams grows as attempts to justify n-word sparks further scorn at home and abroad
Sinn Féin TDs say Adams far from racist, but language ‘regrettable’
Latest Gerry Adams Twitter gaffe harder to shrug off – (If he can ‘shrug off’ murder this will be no problem!!!)
Sinn Féin’s lucrative fundraising effort in US will be damaged by an ‘ironic’ gaffe
Adams comparing US slavery with nationalist plight ‘overblown’
Adams line on nationalism and slavery wide of mark
Gerry Adams’s bizarre and creepy Tweets raise questions for Sinn Féin – (What else can a pig do but grunt??!!!)
McCartney sisters attack plan to honour Provo chief Davison
Sitting ducks – terror attack fears as PSNI officers guns withdrawn
Anger as wreaths to dead of Narrow Water are destroyed again
May 2
Ex-IRA man Henry ‘Harry’ Fitzsimons beats Mafia fraud extradition
Gerry Adams: Sinn Féin president deletes n-word tweet and denies racism claims
Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams quickly deletes N-word tweet
Racist slur by Adams sparks new SF crisis
UUP’s Kennedy corrects his gaffe on gay relationships – (Professing Christian, Kennedy, Bible view of sodomy is a ‘gaffe’!!!)
CoI report challenges Royal Black Institution
A saint or sinner? The curious contradiction of Mother Teresa – (Rome cannot make anyone a saint. Even from among her own nuns there have come complaints!!!)
Northern Ireland could become a ‘back door route’ for Isil terror plots, security services fear
These parades by people in masks break the law… so what are the police going to do about them?
Abortion is the most serious matter that will face Sormont lawmakers
‘Unacceptable’ that families ‘not told of resuscitation plans’
Labour expecting anti-Semitism row backlash at the polls
It is a ‘smear’ to say Labour has an anti-Semitism problem, claims Jeremy Corbyn’s closest ally
Jeremy Corbyn refuses to denounce terrorist ‘friends’ Hamas and Hezbollah
Jeremy Corbyn called convicted ‘terrorist’ an ‘iconic figure’
Irish government will be in place within days, says minister
David Cameron admits EU referendum has damaged his friendship with Boris Johnson
The EU’s defenders are clinging to something that is weakening
April 30
Labour anti-Semitism row: Jeremy Corbyn to launch inquiryJeremy Corbyn facing ‘coup attempt’ over anti-Semitism row as ministers hold talks with plotters
How the Labour Party embraced an ideology that has race hate at its heart – (Writer could have added his support for the murderers of the IRA!!)
Deal reached to pave way for Republic of Ireland minority government
Historic deal to see first FG Taoiseach re-elected
Ireland Agrees New Government After Nine Weeks
Derbyshire police tried to keep Polish rapist’s name secret
Election Diary: UUP and DUP both claim Coulter’s backing – (Rev Robert Coulter is a retired minister of the ecumenical Irish Presbyterian church, he’s well used to facing both ways!!)
DUP candidates in photo row were ‘on a solo run’
Vote for us to Keep SF Out Claim Some – But Will they Give SF Speaker’s Chair in First Act?
SF ex-minister’s tweet on Syria bomb is “ironic”
Feared ‘guns for hire’ now offering services to Hutch gang
(Dublin) Regency Hotel ‘Flat Cap’ suspect flees Strabane home
EU military police carry out ‘extremely WORRYING’ civil unrest crisis training
1,100 bombs and shootings in 10 years: The figures that prove terrorism hasn’t gone away – (“Peace Process” is a wicked sham and a mere means used by DUP to get into power at any price!!!)
If we can’t see the difference between victim and perpetrator, we have lost our way as a society
“When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him,” Isaiah 59:19. (Read 1-21)
“For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken,” Ezekiel 38/19 (Read Amos 4/6-13)
Saturday 20th April (1968) was an important day for the Free Presbyterian Church and for County Fermanagh. On that day, Rev. Ivan Foster was ordained as the first minister of the first Free Presbyterian Church in the county.
This sermon was printed in the “Revivalist”, July-August 1967. The message had been preached in an ‘After Church Rally’ in Mossley Orange Hall, 18th June 1967.
There is one particularly unalterable law laid down by the Lord as to how His TRUTH is to be defended and His CAUSE maintained.
On 5th April 1964, Ivan Foster was converted to Christ. As a twenty-year-old, his feet were already set firmly on the downward road to hell when God broke in upon his soul most unexpectedly. Within one week he was under the ministry of Dr Ian Paisley who was then in the zenith of his pulpit power. What blessed days they were for the young convert!
An incident was related to me just yesterday which unwittingly serves to show how the influence of Joel Beeke’s attitude toward sodomy, as exposed by Pastor Ralph Ovadal in his article 
Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me, wherewith the LORD hath afflicted me in the day of his fierce anger, Lamentations 1:12.
The text of a lecture given at Bangor Free Presbyterian Young People’s meeting by Rev. Ivan Foster
Both pro-EU and anti-EU spokesmen have referred to this debate as the most important for a generation! If they but understood, it will prove to be the most important decision the nation has ever taken in its long and colourful history, so filled with highs and lows, advances and retreats, shame and glory.