I just had to respond to this article from today’s ‘Belfast Newsletter’, sent to me by a friend.
The writer, John Coulter, the son of a Presbyterian minister, shows yet again the moulding of his thinking under the modernistic and liberal theology he would have been placed under in the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, a church now embracing in various degrees all the immoral and God-dishonouring practices of the world-wide apostasy!
His articles invariably carry at the end this little statement: ‘Dr John Coulter has been a journalist since 1978’! I can tell you he has been an ‘eejit’ a lot longer!
What he says in this article, and employing a modern ‘perversion’ of the Scriptures in order to give the appearance of having support for his nonsensical views, is a direct denial of what the Bible in truth teaches.
In so doing he maintains his track record!!
1. He calls the Bible view of modest appearance a ‘draconian view’. In other words, ‘harsh and severe’. That is a very dangerous thing to say of the Word of God.
2. He then goes further and states that it was ‘very misogynistic’ for all women to have their heads covered in any place of worship. That was and still is the command of God. “Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head. But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head (her husband): for that is even all one as if she were shaven,” 1Corinthians 11:4-5.
I preached on this portion back in 1995.
Here are links to two sermons on the subject and the notes that accompanied them. I was preaching against the very views that Coulter is here espousing!
Read sermon notes here
Read sermon notes here
3. The man shows himself a fool by thinking that the abandoning of God’s Word and substituting it with man’s notions is how to fill pews! I dare say that he is ignorant of the Saviour’s words to those of a similar ilk to himself back some 2000 years ago (there really is nothing new under the sun! Ecclesiastes 1:9). “Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?” Matthew 15:3.
What Coulter would have the Christian do is abandon God’s Word and take up his silly theory for advancing the cause of the gospel.
Silly indeed, and more than that, it is to think that by abandoning God’s Word we can fulfil God’s will and purpose and see His blessing descend upon such disobedient assemblies!
As I said, the poor man is a fool!
Below is a picture of his article.
Sincerely in Christ’s name,
Ivan Foster
23rd August 2024
