September 2015

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Pictures of Christ series

Rev. Ivan FosterRev. Foster has begun a new series of studies in Kilskeery Independent Christian School morning assemblies in which he deals with the theme, “Pictures of Christ in the Bible”, the descriptions and types of Christ given in the Scriptures. You can listen to these studies using the player below. Each new study will be added as it becomes available.

To view all talks in this series, click here.

Bible pictures of Christ, Pt 1
Bible pictures of Christ, Pt 2
Bible pictures of Christ, Pt 3

 

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Future developments in Iraq

The substance of a message preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church, Lord’s Day evening, 10th March, 1991 by Rev Ivan Foster.

There are basically two schools of thought regarding what the Bible has to say about the future of the ancient city of Babylon.

There has been a city of Babylon from the very earliest times. “And the beginning of his kingdom was Babel, and Erech, and Accad, and Calneh, in the land of Shinar.” Genesis 10:10
“So the LORD scattered them abroad from thence upon the face of all the earth: and they left off to build the city. Therefore is the name of it called Babel; because the LORD did there confound the language of all the earth: and from thence did the LORD scatter them abroad upon the face of all the earth.” Genesis 11:8-9.

It became a city of great prominence in the time of Nebuchadnezzar. It, rather than Nineveh, became the city of Assyria. The city is now in ruins.

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Ruins of Babylon viewed from Saddam Hussein's summer palace
Ruins of Babylon viewed from Saddam Hussein’s summer palace

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Suicide – a despairing leap into the dark.

Two things have prompted me to mount these notes which are the substance of a sermon I preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church on March 16th, 2008.

First of all, there have been those in recent years who were known to me who, in the midst of a depressive darkness, yielded to the taking of their own lives.

I never had and still do not have the slightest grounds for doubting that they were the Lord’s children, truly converted and washed in the blood of the Lamb. I joined with others at their funerals and mourned over the despair they had wrestled with and which, in the end, prompted them to take the action they did.

We may and must deem the act as wrong but never lose a sense of compassion for them in the largely unknown struggle in which they were engaged, in some instances, for many, many years.

Nevertheless, it must never be thought that such compassion and such asserting that we believe them to have been truly saved in anyway exonerates suicide as a sin.

My second reason is a very recent email exchange I had with a brother who took me to task for a statement he read in my introduction to this sermon on SermonAudio. The statement he objected to was : “I say for most because suicide does not result in the damnation of the Christian who yields to that temptation.” You can read the statement and its context below.

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Standing firm in the midst of a sinking world

bible_imageHaving therefore obtained help of God, I continue unto this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying none other things than those which the prophets and Moses did say should come,” Acts 26:22.

(A message preached in Kilskeery Free Presbyterian Church by Rev Ivan Foster on 21st August 2004 and in Walsham Le Willows Congregational Church, 30th August 2015.)

This world has ever been sinking down morally since the entrance of sin. It is not a process that is limited to the closing years of this age as some might think. It is true that the moral decline will accelerate in the days of the rise of the Antichrist. This is stated clearly in such places as 2 Timothy 3:1. “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.”

But moral and spiritual decline has been an ongoing feature of every age. Its rate of decline may have varied throughout the ages but its inexorable continuance is undeniable.

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“ALL CHRISTIANS TO ACTION STATIONS!! ”

roman_soldierAn outline study of Jude – an important little book for today, by Rev Ivan Foster.

Part 8: The believer, a vivid contrast in a day of apostasy

But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. And of some have compassion, making a difference: and others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh,” Jude 1:20-23.

The believer is ever to be a contrast to the worldling, but that contrast is never more obvious than in a day of darkness and apostasy. The stars are always shining in the heavens, but it is only when the sun sets that their presence becomes obvious!

So far in this epistle, Jude has stressed the character and nature of the enemy about whom he would warn us, the “certain men crept in unawares, who were before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ,” verse 4. In the four verses we wish to consider in this study, verses 20-23, the emphasis is upon the response of the believer to this wicked invasion.

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Latest news stories

IRA-Sinn Fein leaders still a protected species

Jean McConville murder: Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams will not face Disappeared charges – (Not today but ONE day!!)

Jean McConville family angry as Adams and others to face no charges

VIDEO: Sinn Fein’s Gerry Adams will not be prosecuted over Jean McConville murder

No charges against Gerry Adams but Jean McConville’s family vow to seek justice

Case against veteran republican Ivor Bell over Jean McConville murder

Sinn Féin’s Phil Flanagan is ticked off for having the neck to go without a tie – (Slob culture!!!)

‘Humble’ pope is arrogant, says Evangelical Protestant Society – (Of course he is – he claims to be Christ’s vicar, substitute, on earth!!)

Kevin McGuigan murder: Man arrested tried to escape police with a loaded gun, court hears

Danger of civil war breaking out in divided SDLP

MLAs question role of lobbyists as DUP minister returns to chamber

Gareth Robinson won’t say if he lobbied DUP minister

Mick Wallace alleges threat from Cerberus

TD Mick Wallace ‘told he would be “sorted” for raising issues on sale of NAMA Northern loan book’ – Dáil hears

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September 29

NIO clarifies victims plans – but parties divided

TUV hits out at proposals to facilitate ‘Provo truth’

McDonnell should step down before what remains of the SDLP is destroyed

Nesbitt calls for Upper Bann by-election after poll ruling

One of Robinson’s Spads accepts big pay cut to become a DUP MLA

DUP’s new face at Assembly: A minister in the making?

Increasing pressures forcing officers to quit force, Police Federation warns

Mixed response to claims Pope Francis could visit Ulster in 2018

West Belfast man in court for alleged threats against Jamie Bryson

Jamie Bryson and Mick Wallace – the odd couple rocking the NAMA boat

Widow of slain RUC man petitions Stormont to end day release for terrorists

‘Thin’ Dublin Kingsmills evidence shocks inquest campaigners


September 28

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn defends Irish republicans Troubles meetings

Memorial plan confirms Corbyn ‘true friend of terrorists’

We victims of the IRA are furious about Jeremy Corbyn

Corbyn attempt to rewrite history totally disingenuous: Jim Allister

Jeremy Corbyn defends stance on IRA

Jeremy Corbyn under fire for trying to block extradition of known IRA man

Jeremy Corbyn defends stance on IRA in TV interview

McGuigan suspect republican wing query

Reports on Provo activity under way by garda chiefs

Most DUP members oppose relatives marrying Catholics says survey

Public scourging of Presbyterian minister shames intolerant Church

For the (RC) Church to survive, it has to do one simple thing – end vow of celibacy – (Actually, it is the coming judgment of God that ought to worry it!!!)

September 26

Paisley son to speak out about father’s rejection by church

McDonnell: DUP ‘don’t want a taig about Stormont’

SDLP’s Alasdair McDonnell expected to face leadership challenge

Jeremy Corbyn withdraws from Sinn Fein event at Labour Party conference

Martin McGuinness: Peter Robinson and I can overcome our difficulties

Peter Robinson is finished, says Sinn Fein’s Danny Morrison. Keep your nose out, replies the DUP

Miraflores shooting: Dublin gangster Gary Hutch cornered and shot after dramatic chase at Spanish resort

No One Should Be Surprised by NIO De facto Amnesty Proposals

Watchdog upholds UUP’s complaint a poll commissioned by the DUP on eve of vote was misleading

Bomb survivor slams Sinn Fein councillor over ‘pride’ remarks

Robinson’s accuser invited to outline Nama claim at Dáil


September 25

Corbyn reiterates support for united Ireland

DUP’s Jeffrey Donaldson says Jeremy Corbyn united Ireland stance ‘unhelpful’

Alasdair McDonnell: SDLP leader taped accusing DUP of sectarianism

Refugee crisis: European leaders warned that ‘greatest tide of migrants is yet to come’ – (Such an influx of Muslims will most definite bring with it strong anti-semitic belligerence!)

Pope Francis assures atheists: You don’t have to believe in God to go to heaven – (Funny, Peter said the opposite. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved,” Acts 4:12.)

Pope Francis declares evolution and Big Bang theory are real and God is not ‘a magician with a magic wand’ – (Real lies that is!!)

7 wicked popes and the terrible, terrible things they did – (In truth they were all wicked, being deniers of God’s Word and preachers of a false gospel!!)

Forget the “See No Evil” policy – of course the IRA still exists

Jamie Bryson in Stormont: The day Geronimo tore the duct tape from his mouth

‘Fixers’ were paid £45m in property scandal, Irish politician claims

The email that confirms Sinn Fein was well aware of Nama deal – (It is not suggested that Martin McGuinness told lies – surely not!!!!)

Two on trial over IRA speech from the plot

Dublin not was not being held properly accountable on Troubles role, victims tell Irish parliamentarians

No more clarity from NIO on Troubles murder confessions


September 24

Troubles killers can confess … but victims will not be told

Nama inquiry: DUP first minister Peter Robinson ‘beneficiary of £1bn deal’

Peter Robinson says he was not ‘earmarked to benefit’ from Nama sale

Jamie Bryson tells inquiry Peter Robinson ‘to benefit from NAMA loan sale deal’

Jamie Bryson upstages folks on the hill

Peter Robinson denies Jamie Bryson’s ‘scurrilous and unfounded’ NAMA payment allegations

Peter Robinson denies ‘scurrilous and unfounded’ payment allegations

Nama inquiry: Peter Robinson rejects Bryson payment claim

Peter Robinson brands Jamie Bryson evidence ‘a pantomime’ after loyalist claims First Minister was to get Nama bung

Peter Robinson says he will appear before Stormont over Nama claims

McGuinness claims DUP and Dublin kept him in the dark

Nama inquiry: Chairman Daithí McKay defends Jamie Bryson hearing

Sinn Fein Councillor stands by ‘proud ex-IRA man’ remarks

It seems the recent IRA controversy has damaged Sinn Féin as its support has fallen back, and is down three points to 19 pc.

An Amnesty is an Amnesty no Matter how you Dress it up

Newly appointed PIRA assessor didn’t refer to PIRA in March report

Security gaffe peer Lord Carlile is head of panel probing paramilitaries

Political convenience must not affect PIRA report – Allister

Three person panel is political window dressing


September 23

Belfast children’s lives put at risk by mortar bomb packed with marbles

TUV Responds to Security Assessment Panel

Profiles: Who are the panel members of the NI paramilitary organisations independent review?

‘Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell’s pious homilies to the peace process will not wash. They wanted the IRA to win’

Labour is heading for ‘civil war’ and 2020 defeat under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership

Jamie Bryson NAMA evidence could be heard in private

DUP made mistake in confronting Cameron with threats

Morale slumps among PSNI officers amid drastic cuts

Morale in Police Service of Northern Ireland at rock bottom, survey finds

Improvised bomb found by police in west Belfast

Ballymurphy Semtex was from old Libyan Provo arms shipment

Northern Ireland terrorist amnesty axed after outrage paramilitaries could walk free

Victims’ families want minister Stephen Farry sacked over murderer Billy Hutchinson’s new post

PUP hits back in row over Hutchinson education appointment

Gay rights group accuses Church of silencing Presbyterian minister

Lords watchdog won’t say why it rejected DUP nominee for peerage


September 22

Jim Allister heckles Robinson as DUP accepts new Stormont ministry

Martin McGuinness challenges parties to ‘put up or shut up’ over crime ‘link’ – (This is like Judas daring anyone to prove him a traitor!!!)

‘I won’t put up with any more nonsense’ – McGuinness – (What’s he going to do? Knee-cap his critics???)

Double shooting accused ‘in Lithuanian crime gang’

Ministry of Defence condemns serving army general behind Jeremy Corbyn ‘mutiny’ threat

UKIP’s Henry Reilly to challenge suspension over Irish News’ remarks

Man held in England for Semtex haul ‘was under surveillance’

Man charged over Semtex and guns find in west Belfast

Man charged after semtex, handguns and ammunition found in Ballymurphy

Gerry Adams’ cousin in his fourth week of Maghaberry prison hunger strike

Maghaberry prison race gang wars: Loyalists in brutal clashes with Chinese drugs mules behind bars

The focus on Bloody Sunday is part of distortion of past

UUP aims to work with Jeremy Corbyn despite past IRA stance

John McDonnell gave us a sorry excuse for an apology


September 21

Provos murdered McGuigan in ‘bank robbery cover-up’ (Read this and see the iniquitous confederacy that rules Ulster!!)

Remembering the days 
when the IRA did go away

‘Honour Provos like men of 1916’ – (There is a great similarity of course!!)

La Mon atrocity survivors reject John McDonnell apology

Ukip suspends Reilly for three months — but won’t say why

British Army ‘could stage mutiny under Corbyn’, says senior serving general

‘Death to America’ doesn’t actually mean death to America

Republican Presidential candidate Dr Ben Carson says Muslims should not be President

Labour Party divisions revealed as shadow ministers openly disagree with Jeremy Corbyn

Peter Robinson taken to hospital after medication reaction

Peter Robinson in hospital days after quitting as Northern Ireland’s First Minister

DUP leader Peter Robinson admitted to hospital

Robinson admitted to hospital

Abuse going unreported in Britain’s south Asian communities – study

Christians ‘martyred for beliefs every FIVE MINUTES by Islamic State and other terrorists’ – (Doubtless, the term ‘Christian’ is used loosely but it does show the wickedness character of Islam!!)

Ian Paisley Jr missed Syria vote due to £350-an-hour Uganda bank job

Memorial commemorates 72 soldiers from Fivemiletown who died in world wars

Unionists don’t need to trust me to strike deal with me, insists Gerry Adams – (Such is the level of moral thinking in Ulster politics!!)

Victim’s disgust at convicted UVF killer Billy Hutchinson education post appointment – (Another example of the political malaise in Ulster!!)


September 19

Bullet in the post means Sinn Fein is not fit to govern, claims TUV chief Allister

Does Northern Ireland need new body to provide paramilitary assessment? – (Its all part of placating the DUP and saving their political face!!)

Why John McDonnell’s IRA apology didn’t convince me

Semtex find raises questions, says Ulster Unionist Tom Elliott

Peter Robinson ‘content’ with government response to DUP concerns – (It is never too hard to ‘content’ those anxious to be contented!!)

No Amount of Window Dressing Will Hide Reality of IRA Murder

UUP slams state funeral for “terrorist” Thomas Kent – (Rome honours him as she does and will honour today’s IRA terrorists!!)

Analysis: TUV could gain a councillor, but DUP could gain much more

Semtex, detonators and handguns found in Belfast house

TD Mick Wallace ‘not deterred’ by Peter Robinson legal action threat

Israel calls up reservists following holy site violence in Jerusalem

IVF embryos to be genetically manipulated in UK for first time as scientists investigate repeated miscarriages

More than 3,000 ISIS jihadists are in Britain NOW ready to launch attacks, warn security sources

Just ONE IN FIVE migrants claiming asylum are from Syria, EU figures show


September 18

Ahoghill bombs: Paramilitaries just ‘self serving criminals’ says DUP man – (Somewhat like those in Sinn Fein/IRA with whom he is in coalition!!)

Amnesty’ vital to get Troubles deaths truth says expert – (So we swop a confession for a total exoneration for murder – that’s justice!!)

NI ‘left behind’ as Ireland approves gay marriage law – (Being left behind those who are heading for hell is a good place to be!!)

Majority of Anglican Church in Wales backs gay marriage in ballot

Cleric who hailed gay marriage ‘accepts homosexuality sinful’ – (With a doubt!!??)

DUP denies it put forward Dublin donor for peerage

Peter Robinson to sue Mick Wallace over tweet

Gerry Adams: Sinn Fein ‘open to forming coalition with any party’ – (That includes the devil himself!!)

Gerry Adams interview: ‘Lend your vote to Sinn Féin’

When the IRA murder, SF must face specific sanction

Paramilitary shooting victims were foreign nationals

Police ‘set to interview’ Bloody Sunday shooters

Gregory Campbell calls for McGuinness to face Bloody Sunday probe

Labour’s John McDonnell apologises for his ‘honouring IRA’ comments


September 17

Same-sex marriage: First Irish ceremonies expected within months

Gaddafi assets cannot be used to compensate IRA victims

Commons erupts in opposition to McDonnell’s pro-IRA comments

Those who seek to justify IRA terrorism ‘should be ashamed of themselves’ – David Cameron – (But they are not!!)

Victim anger at proposals for ‘airtight’ Troubles amnesties

Jeremy Corbyn will sing national anthem at ceremonial events, Labour says – (Corbyn makes the late Michael Foot appear positively sartorial!!!)

Labour donor tells MPs to quit the party

DUP has just days left to decide whether to take ex-UUP ministry

Robinson says next week will tell whether Assembly falls or is rescued – ( Funny, I thought it was last week or was it the week before!!!)

Analysis: True to form, PM is being very slow to help Robinson

UK government may revive ceasefire monitoring in Northern Ireland – (Exactly what is the function of the police force??)

TUV asks DUP if it had prior knowledge about IRA activity

Two men in their 30s shot in separate incidents in Newry, County Down

Friend of murder victim Kevin McGuigan gets bullet in the post from IRA

Jamie Bryson and Martin McGuinness set to appear at Stormont Nama probe

Sports Minister Challenged on Anti-British Bias – (This the true nature of the Agreement the DUP signed up to!!)

British air strikes ‘have killed 330 Isil terrorists’ in year

Refugee crisis: UN Secretary General urges compassion as Hungary fires tear gas at refugees – (This amounts to an endorsement of migrant rioting!!)

Support soars to quit the EU: Migrant crisis is fuelling surge, say Eurosceptics


September 16

Theresa Villiers: Statement fails to win Unionist support for Stormont talks

Peter Robinson digs in over DUP’s precondition for talks after Villiers rejects his demands

DUP vexed with Theresa Villiers’ statement on Stormont crisis

No legislation in the absence of ministers, Assembly confirms

The Labour party is now led by people who wanted the IRA to win

Years of startling statements from IRA apologist John McDonnell who once called for the UK to ‘honour’ terrorists

McDonnell is unfit for high office in the United Kingdom

Northern Ireland policing powers could be handed back to London

Villiers comes up with escape route for Sinn Fein

Gerry Adams dismisses public’s belief that he was in IRA


September 15

DUP no show at Stormont Assembly meeting as IRA row continues

Smash Provos and we’ll talk: Unionists issue ultimatum to Villiers

Stormont cisis: Theresa Villiers meets parties, unionists wait for Government response

Cameron and Villiers ‘not divided’ over Northern Ireland approach

UUP ties itself up in knots over stance on talks

Analysis: At the heart of this dispute is not just the IRA, but unionist rivalries

We’re in uncharted waters so what happens next is anybody’s guess

Nigel Farage: No place for terror in Northern Ireland politics

Robert McCartney’s sister says Sinn Fein claims about IRA are childish

Bobby Storey’s trying to lead us up garden path

Aylan Kurdi’s father denies claims he was a people smuggler and driving boat that capsized and led to son’s death – (What manipulation of public opinion has taken place on the whole ‘migrant’ issue!!)

New Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, ‘jokes’ that he would have liked to have assassinated Thatcher

A profile of John McDonnell – new shadow chancellor

Corbyn’s new shadow chancellor McDonnell wanted honour for Bobby Sands


September 14

I need concessions to attend talks: Peter Robinson

First Minister Peter Robinson putting his affairs in order before his planned exit

Adams accuses Robinson of ‘making a show of himself’

IRA murdered McGuigan over killing of ‘supremo’

Kevin McGuigan murder: Sinn Féin’s Bobby Storey says IRA is ‘not coming back’ – (LIES. It has not gone away as recent murders indicate!!)

Troubles victims hit out over Sinn Fein man’s ‘butterfly’ Provos remark – (Here is evidence of what liars Sinn Fein/IRA members are!!!)

‘Big Bobby’ – Gerry Adams’ can-do guy

McGuinness fears ‘state agents’ involved in murders to create problems for SF

Will Unionists Listen to Republican Fairy Tales of Deadly Butterflies and Mythical Agents?

Jim Cusack: Commissioner and more IRA questions

Death of an assassin: how the killing of Kevin McGuigan reawakened Belfast’s political strife

Stormont crisis: PSNI gaffes allowed republicans to play the persecuted

SF ‘has not taken Stormont seriously for two years’

Mairia Cahill: Sinn Fein’s hot air as Stormont train goes off the rails

It’s time that Sinn Fein sorted out its own problems

Sinn Fein loses support in Republic (of Ireland)

Corbyn’s victory, the Living Wage, and the IRA


September 12

DUP’s Peter Robinson says Sinn Féin and SDLP will not get ministerial roles

Stormont crisis: DUP ministers will ‘renominate and resign’ to keep roles from Sinn Fein

Stormont Set for new Depths of Pantomime Farce – TUV

Stormont crisis: Martin McGuinness says he will not resign, refers to Ian Paisley

‘I don’t trust Arlene Foster’ – Gerry Kelly – (I’m sure the feeling is mutual!!)

David Cameron warns the IRA should be disbanded ahead of talks – (Eh! Weren’t we told they were gone???!!!)

‘Action Against Drugs’ in fresh shooting

Enniskillen bomb: Victims

DUP members top expenses table at House of Commons

Male-only Marines units outperform mixed groups, study finds – (It’s a ‘no brainer’!!)

Westminster MPs overwhelmingly reject plans to legalise assisted dying for people with terminal illnesses

Tragic Aylan Kurdi’s father was ‘people smuggler who led boat journey which killed his sons’ – survivor claims


September 11

Stormont parties reject DUP adjournment proposal

Northern Ireland First Minister Peter Robinson steps down: full statement

NI first minister Peter Robinson steps aside in Stormont crisis

DUP’s Robinson walks away but leaves door ajar for a dramatic comeback

Stormont crisis: Peter Robinson steps aside – Arlene Foster to take over as acting First Minister

Stormont thrown into turmoil after Robinson steps aside as First Minister

DUP U-Turn Keeps McGuinness in Office

Taoiseach gets news of Robinson move before the NI public

The IRA leadership backed McGuigan murder: Moloney

Kevin McGuigan murder investigation: Senior republicans released

Kevin McGuigan murder: Bobby Storey, Eddie Copeland and Brian Gillen released unconditionally


September 10

Peter Robinson ultimatum: If Assembly is not adjourned DUP ministers will resign from the Executive immediately – (Could it really happen??!!!)

DUP could quit Executive after ultimatum

Stormont crisis: DUP puts ultimatum to Villiers

DUP’s shrinking ground – TUV statement

Kevin McGuigan murder: Bobby Storey (northern chairman of Sinn Féin) one of three senior republicans arrested

Enniskillen bomb: ‘HET prevented from questioning Martin McGuinness’ – (How many other murders has NIO covered up??!!)

HET wanted to question Martin McGuinness over Enniskillen bombing – but were halted by NIO, it’s been claimed

Police investigate 27 reports of rape in Northern Ireland schools


September 9

Image of Queen at work marks day she attains longest reign in history

DUP Claim Terrorists not Acceptable in London While Sustaining them in Belfast

‘Time not right’ to suspend NI political institutions, says Theresa Villiers – (Nor ever will be!!)

Theresa Villiers rules out suspension of Northern Ireland Assembly

Northern Ireland crisis talks: Ulster Unionists angry over agenda

Stormont crisis: Ulster Unionist Party pulls out of talks

Refugee crisis: How Europe’s alarming lack of unity over the issue could bring about the break up of the EU

EXCLUSIVE: Refugees are prime candidates to become lone wolf terrorists, says SAS hero

Disappeared: Post-mortem confirms bodies of Seamus Wright and Kevin McKee found in Co Meath

Online poll results: What do NI voters make of political developments in the Stormont crisis?

It’s time we understood this will never be resolved

Ex-bishop admits sex abuse 20 years after victims complained


September 8

DUP says no more NI Executive meetings unless ‘exceptional circumstances’

Executive frozen till IRA crisis over – First Minister

DUP accused of playing ‘Hokey Cokey’ over Executive meetings

Analysis: After days of drift, evidence of a firmer hand on the DUP tiller

Former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern doesn’t believe Sinn Fein will abandon the IRA – (I think everyone would agree with that!!)

IRA ‘was the most ruthless killing machine in the western world’, Northern Assembly told

McGuigan murder: ‘Senior IRA sanction was unnecessary’

DUP, SDLP and victims unite in claims of PIRA organised crime

Most Britons DISAGREE with Cameron as they say: We don’t want more refugees


September 7

Stormont crisis: DUP to reveal plan as MLAs return to assembly

Magherafelt-born priest fears Stormont crisis will thwart Pope visit to NI – (How sad that would be!!!)

Pope Francis promises to take in two refugee families and urges others to follow his example – (The Vatican is rather small after all!!!)

EU referendum: Majority of British voters want out for first time, claims shock poll

Will More Clerks Be Going to Jail? 2nd Christian Kentucky Clerk Defies Ruling to Issue Marriage Licenses to Gay Couples

DUP could collapse Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday

Reporter, Vincent Browne on Adams: “He was by far the most important person in the IRA from 1980 onwards.”

Peggy O’Hara INLA funeral: Arrest and appeal over paramilitary displays

Provos panic as drug gang’s €500k is taken

As More Irish Turn Away From Catholicism, Parents Call For Non-Religious Schools

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September 5

Sinn Féin must restore trust says Dublin PM Enda Kenny

Kenny slams SF claims on IRA as ‘incredible’

94 guns found in Northern Ireland in last three years

Alderdice against recreating Independent Monitoring Commission

Debate on Davison and McGuigan murders to dominate new Stormont Assembly term

Chief Constable stands by his assessment that IRA members killed McGuigan

Sinn Fein propping up a failed political experiment

DUP defections won’t be the last, claims Mike Nesbitt

For the sake of your sanity, call it a day Mr Robinson

Irish Senator Lorraine Higgins calls on Sinn Fein to persuade IRA to give its fortune to those who suffered at its hands

Bishop of Worcester urges MPs to vote against assisted dying plans after wife’s cancer death


September 4

US gunrunner agrees to testify against Sinn Fein man in Belfast court

US clerk jailed for refusing to issue gay marriage licences

IRA leadership will have sanctioned Kevin McGuigan murder, says former agent

Nama probe committee votes to hear evidence from Jamie Bryson

Graham tapes feature at least one DUP politician

London and Dublin order ‘NI crisis talks’

Assembly will stagger on in some shape or form

Robinson can learn from the mistakes of Trimble

HIA Inquiry: De La Salle order ‘failed to report child abuse claims’ in 1980s

Colin Wallace: Files prove Kincora never properly examined


September 3

Historical Institutional Abuse Inquiry: IRA murder of Bernard Teggart ‘most horrific’ case – (Abducted from St Patrick’s Training RC School in west Belfast in 1973 but police never informed by the School!!)

Pope Francis says all priests can forgive women who’ve had abortions – (“Who can forgive sins but God only?” “Shewing himself that he is God.” Mark 2:7 & 2 Thess 2:4)

One DUP motion defeated, and second not even tabled – (Confusion reigns supreme!!)

DUP ‘will take action’ if no crisis solution is offered by Cameron, says Arlene Foster

DUP brings cheer to IRA – SF

UUP should have quit Executive after 2007 Quinn murder: Allister

Jenny Palmer: Former DUP councillor joins Ulster Unionist Party

Analysis: Incredible indecision in Robinson’s handling of Palmers

Jenny Palmer defects to UUP as pressure on Robinson grows

Tom Elliott, UUP MP, concerned over removal of last police TSG from Fermanagh

Stormont crisis: David Cameron urged to jail ex-IRA pair Kelly and McDowell

‘Stop using me as a political pawn’ Sean Kelly tells First Minister

U-turn over cash funding for ex-prisoner groups in wake of McGuigan killing

Parties using public money to buy iPads, cameras and spin doctors

Johnny Adair: I’m pleased Martin McGuinness is in Government – (The Oracle has spoken!!!)

Having squandered goodwill, few will mourn Stormont’s fall

Hillary Clinton emails reveal US thought Peter Robinson was ‘incapable of acting’ in wake of Iris affair – (Just another chapter in the decline of the DUP!!)

Hillary Clinton emails reveal US reaction to Iris Robinson affair


September 2

Robinson threatens unilateral action if Assembly not suspended

First Minister Peter Robinson urges Assembly suspension, crisis talks and IRA monitoring

DUP blocked from adjourning Stormont

ANALYSIS: Plenty of DUP huffing and puffing but no plans to blow the house down

Martin McGuinness urges Cameron not to suspend Stormont assembly

(Irish) Minister for Foreign Affairs says nobody believes IRA has gone away

Irish PM Kenny and Adams clash over IRA criminality claims

‘How dare she’: Dublin’s deputy PM, Joan Burton hits back at Sinn Fein’s Mary Lou

Jim Wells hits out at Dundrum attacks on ‘Protestant’ businesses

Tullyvallen massacre: ‘Silence is not enough, someone needs to show remorse’


September 1

PM must address the intrinsic problems in Stormont arrangements

Talks in Dublin and London today on Stormont crisis – (This shows how far the sell-out has gone when Dublin is fully involved in our affairs!!)

DUP to call for revival of Northern Ireland ceasefire monitoring system – (Anything other than pull the plug and lose their pay cheques!!)

Staying in Stormont Executive makes life very difficult for DUP – (Difficult it might be but it is vitally important to their pockets!!)

Nesbitt right to quit Executive, says ex-First Minister Trimble – (That’s an endorsement that comforts I’m sure!!)

DUP slam UUP leader’s comments about First Minister as ‘misleading’ ‘dirty and deceitful’ – (Nothing like letting Sinn Fein/IRA off the hook!!)

Contradictions abound as Nesbitt wrong-foots DUP

NIO staying silent on Stormont options

Not Sinn Féin’s job to solve crime, says McDonald – (Usually solving it by engaging in another!!)

Why ex-IRA men killing each other really does matter for all of Ireland

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August 2015

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The unchanging price of God’s blessing

Judges 20:18-48

A message preached at a special season of prayer on the 41st anniversary of the opening of the first gospel hall here in Kilskeery.

The Book of Judges is in many ways a most distressing book for it records the follies of man when he departs from God’s truth and follows his own evil desires. There is a statement which explains the spirit of that day. “In those days there was no king in Israel: every man did that which was right in his own eyes,” Judges 21:25, (17:6).

The staggering from folly to folly, from wickedness to wickedness recorded in this book is the outcome of that policy.

Chapters 19-20 contain an account which is distressing to read yet it is an narrative of the words and actions of the people of God some 20 years after the renewing of the covenant with the Lord that is recorded in Joshua 24:14-28. What a solemn covenant this was and yet what wickedness existed among the people here in Judges 19-20, just 20 years later, and 40 years after Moses.

The deeds of the Benjamites in the city of Gibeah, as stated in chapter 19:22, are but a repeat of the wickedness of the Sodomites of Genesis 19:4. Sodomy can corrupt even the people of God. It is the SIN of today.

Sadly, this wickedness was defended by the rest of the tribe of Benjamin, 20:12-14.

In response to this sinful defence of the men of Gibeah, the whole tribe of Benjamin made itself guilty of the evil and the rest of the tribes of Israel set themselves to judge that sin.
It is the events that unfolded as they pursued that objective that I wish to consider today for there are lessons for us to learn from these events of some 3500 years ago.




An education acceptable to God

This is an excellent article on the subject of ‘Christian Education’ by Pastor Ralph Ovadal. It is directed primarily at an American audience but it deals with Bible principles which are applicable to all Christian parents, irrespective of where they live.

As Pharaoh sought the destruction of Israel by seeking to destroy the male Hebrew children, so that evil policy of seeking the destruction of the children of believers remains a chief weapon in the hand of the devil.

We prayerfully commend this article to all our readers. Please share it with Christian parents within your family circle.

Ivan Foster (Editor)

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25th Sodomite parade in Belfast

Protesters_gay_prideThousands attended the sodomite celebration of immorality in Belfast on Saturday 1st August. The BBC news site contained the following comments.

One spectator, who moved out of Belfast more than 40 years ago, said the growth of the local Gay Pride movement was a sign of how much the city has changed.

“When I left Belfast in 1974 you would never, ever, ever imagine that this kind of thing could happen in Belfast and it’s brilliant, absolutely fantastic,” the woman said.

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ALL CHRISTIANS TO ACTION STATIONS

Part 7: Remembering the words of the apostles about the latter-day apostasy

roman_soldier“These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men’s persons in admiration because of advantage. But, beloved, remember ye the words which were spoken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. These be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit,” Jude 1:16-19.

Verses 16-17 of the epistle of Jude underscore for us yet again how events in the last days feature large in the Word of God.

In our last study, we considered the words of a man, the prophet Enoch, and what he had to say about the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. Enoch’s ministry would have had the earliest generations of mankind sit under it, and that most likely included Adam!

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Prayer Requested for New Nepal Constitution

Rev. & Mrs. Wesley Graham
Rev. & Mrs. Wesley Graham

At present the political parties in Nepal are debating a new constitution that includes anti-conversion laws and underscores decades-old religious tension. If ratified, the result could be a likely crackdown and severe persecution for dozens of Christian ministries serving there. It is feared that if this new constitution is adopted in its present draft form there could be great restriction on the freedom the Christians to share their faith with others.

The constitutional language in question states, “[…] any act which may be contrary to public health, public decency or morality or incitement to breach public peace or act to convert another person from one religion to another or any act or behaviour to undermine or jeopardize the religion of each other is not allowed and such act shall be punishable by law.”

The Nepalese government continues to seek input from its citizens before the Civic Relations and Constitution Recommendation Committee of the Constituent Assembly receives the final constitution draft on July 23. The government plans to finalize the constitution by mid-August. Violence erupted between police and protesters in southern Nepal when government officials held a public meeting to gain citizen input to the constitution, according to news reports from the region. The protesters threw chairs at the deputy prime minister.

This isolated country between India and China historically has been a Hindu nation, and most protesters are demanding a return to that status. Nepalese monarchs advocated Hinduism, and the people believed their monarchs were the reincarnation of Vishnu, a Hindu god.

Please pray that the government may adopt a constitution which allows Christians freedom to express and declare their faith

To learn more visit the FPCoU Mission Board website

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“The Frightening Prospect Facing the Cause of God in Ulster! ”

Jeremiah 12:7-11.

A sermon preached by Rev Ivan Foster in Newtownabbey FPC on Lord’s Day evening, 19th July, 2015.

[dropcap]M[/dropcap]an is the same today as he was back in the times of the OT.

The Lord remains the same because, He is “infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. ”

The sin of men today therefore brings the same response from the Lord as ever it did.
The analysis of man’s condition and the only cure given by the Lord was accurate a thousand years ago and more and remains effective still.

That being so, we can scan the future in the Bible’s records of the past. What happened to Israel following its backsliding and sin will likewise happen to the converted Gentiles today.

It is for this reason that we can look at these verses and see what lies ahead of Ulster’s Christians if there is not a taking heed of the lessons laid down for us. We may say with Paul: “for our sakes, no doubt, this is written, ” 1 Corinthians 9:10.

The consequences of backsliding and defiance of God is most terrible indeed! Hear what God says. “I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage, ” Jeremiah 12:7-8.

The wonderful promise of Hebrews 13:5 must never be abused. That is not a promise without conditions. Disobedience of God is not ignored by Him.

The true believer will never be so wholly forsaken of God as to lose his soul but sin will cost us the presence and blessing of God just as it cost David such. Psalm 51:11-12.

That is the inevitable cost of sin in this life! Ulster’s Christians are facing a future void of these joys and blessings if there is not a heeding of the decline taking place amongst us.



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Latest news stories

PM must address the intrinsic problems in Stormont arrangements

Talks in Dublin and London today on Stormont crisis – (This shows how far the sell-out has gone when Dublin is fully involved in our affairs!!)

DUP to call for revival of Northern Ireland ceasefire monitoring system – (Anything other than pull the plug and lose their pay cheques!!)

Staying in Stormont Executive makes life very difficult for DUP – (Difficult it might be but it is vitally important to their pockets!!)

Nesbitt right to quit Executive, says ex-First Minister Trimble – (That’s an endorsement that comforts I’m sure!!)

DUP slam UUP leader’s comments about First Minister as ‘misleading’ ‘dirty and deceitful’ – (Nothing like letting Sinn Fein/IRA off the hook!!)

Contradictions abound as Nesbitt wrong-foots DUP

NIO staying silent on Stormont options

Not Sinn Féin’s job to solve crime, says McDonald – (Usually solving it by engaging in another!!)

Why ex-IRA men killing each other really does matter for all of Ireland

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August 31

Why I will complain to Assembly over MLA’s tweet about my IRA rape

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IRA linked to 45 violent post-ceasefire deaths

DUP leader Peter Robinson criticises ‘illogical’ UUP move – (Why then has the DUP said that they are contemplating the same move???!!!)

DUP slam UUP leader’s comments about First Minister as ‘misleading’ ‘dirty and deceitful’

UUP facing criticism over Stormont exit

Stormont crisis: This is not the time to flee the battlefield, says Peter Robinson

Parties urged to throw SF off Policing Board

Provos could easily switch back to a military footing

Everyone but the UUP is downplaying Sinn Féin’s problems

Sinn Fein denials have made fools of the Irish people

Still obediently following Fenian instruction booklet

Willie Frazer: After dad’s murder, mum stopped us taking the law into our own hands

UUP to walk out of Northern Ireland Executive after ruling body endorses Mike Nesbitt proposal

Declassified Files: RUC in 1985 a motivated force winning terror battle


August 29

Nesbitt says ‘no trust’ due to SF stance IRA does not exist

DUP and Sinn Fein savage UUP for quitting Executive

Analysis: DUP seem to be making their bed – within the Executive

UUP leader Mike Nesbitt is taking his biggest gamble yet

Vatican ex-envoy Wesolowski dies ahead of abuse trial – (He now knows justice!!)

It is the system of mandatory coalition which has failed -TUV

Top SF figure Sean ‘Spike’ Murray still under investigation over IRA gun-running

William McCrea was not blocked from Lords, says DUP

TUV chief’s anger at Robert McCartney investigation ‘deal’

British and Irish governments should focus on IRA’s €400 million global assets

Robinson has about a week to make decision on whether to stay in Executive

What really happened to (Republic of) Ireland’s Great War soldiers after they returned home?

Pope Francis sends letter praising gay children’s book – (You could expect nothing less from an antichrist!!)

Tullyvallen massacre, 40 years on: ‘The memories never really go away’

Willie Frazer: After dad’s murder, mum stopped us taking the law into our own hands

Declassified files: More than 2,000 of Adams’ votes believed to have been fake

Gerry Adams’ credibility is now beyond repair

IRA’s omerta means Sinn Féin is unfit to govern our Republic

August 28

DUP: Stormont ‘usual business cannot continue until IRA claims resolved’

Provisional IRA claims strong enough to force Sinn Fein out, say DUP

‘It can’t be business as usual’ says Dodds over IRA involvement in Kevin McGuigan murder – (But was business as usual after McCartney and Quinn murders – WHY??)

A brutal IRA murder that’s left Stormont on the brink – try spinning your way out of this one, Gerry

Police seize McGuigan alibi evidence months after murder of ex-IRA commander Gerard ‘Jock’ Davison

Tories hit out at “pathetic role” of UUP in “joke” executive

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin calls for probe on Sinn Féin finance

McCartney family right to feel betrayed in search for justice

‘I was abused by nuns in a Dublin Catholic-run orphanage’

Migrant crisis: More than 70 bodies found in Austria lorry


August 27

DUP will seek SF exclusion from Northern Ireland Executive

The DUP says it is prepared to quit Stormont over IRA claims – (WATCH THIS SPACE!!!)

UUP threat plunges Executive into fresh crisis

TUV Welcome UUP Leaving Executive

Analysis: Nesbitt’s Robinson-esque move discomfits DUP and imperils Stormont

Stormont crisis: Nesbitt has led, and DUP will probably follow

The DUP will be digging escape tunnels already

UUP withdrawal from Executive ‘hypocritical’ – DUP

Sinn Féin: Ulster Unionists ‘trying to create crisis’ – (Of course, IRA on a murder rampage again is not a crisis!!!!!)

UUP’s decision to quit ‘wholly discredited Executive’ welcomed by TUV leader Jim Allister

Stormont crisis: Thank goodness for a party with backbone, says Ann Travers

Provos still getting away with murder and with a barrage of shamfaced lies

PSNI agreed not to pursue Provos who cleaned up McCartney murder scene if IRA helped catch killers, MLA alleges

Garda chief forced into U-turn on IRA stance

Ex-DUP adviser David McConaghie found guilty of filming colleague for sexual gratification

Ex-DUP adviser found guilty of toilet voyeurism

Ex-DUP adviser guilty of voyeurism by hiding camera in constituency office toilets

David McConaghie voyeurism conviction: Simpson welcomes verdict

No reaction, no explanation and no apology as DUP aide David McConaghie who used a secret camera to spy on women in toilet is convicted of voyeurism

Sinn Fein ‘not deterred’ by paint bomb attack on office and graffiti


August 26

Ulster Unionist Party intends to leave NI Executive – says leader

Live updates: UUP ‘to withdraw from Executive’

‘Significant’ UUP announcement due amid revelations IRA still exists

UUP gags officials as rumours of exit grow

Fianna Fáil leader, Micheál Martin criticises Theresa Villiers over IRA response

PSNI chief Hamilton criticised for sharing stage with Sinn Fein

Key suspect in Kevin McGuigan murder arrested in city centre

Garda Commissioner ordered to carry out urgent report into the activities of the IRA – just months after denying the Provos’ existence

Garda Commissioner O’Sullivan should have heeded gardaí’s reports before absolving the IRA

Garda chief feels heat over IRA statements

Michael McDowell: Abolition of Provisional IRA was never on the cards

Sinn Féin (Gerry Kelly) man’s role in grotesque political pantomime

PIRA ‘allowed to continue as unarmed husk’ says former Irish justice minister McDowell – (He had his chance to do something but didn’t!!)

Unwritten policy has been to play down the Provos’ crimes

IRA claims a blatant lie, says son of murdered Republic prison officer

Claims IRA has gone away a ‘blatant lie’, says Austin Stack

Secret meeting in 2013 ‘proves that IRA still exists’ – (The truth is out there and will yet emerge!!)

Kevin McGuigan murder fallout: DUP and UUP told to stand firm in Executive – (Its difficult for ‘jelly’ to stand in any fashion!!)


August 25

Theresa Villiers says IRA existence no surprise to government – (All along British Governments have told us that the IRA threat was gone!!!)

UUP to consider leaving NI Executive

If IRA is intact then Sinn Fein must be excluded from power – (That will never happen for London is too frightened of further IRA terrorism!!)

Unionists warn against ‘fudging’ response to IRA allegations – (They accepted a ‘fudge’ when Paul Quinn was murdered!!)

Victim’s father claims IRA’s structures never dismantled

(Dublin) Coalition cowers in face of new IRA threat – (As does Stormont unionists!!)

Dublin orders ‘fresh assessment’ of Provisional IRA activity

Everybody will believe what they want to believe to keep the Assembly alive

How IRA’s return to violence silenced the SDLP

Provos pose an ‘insidious threat’ – Tánaiste

Individuals linked to IRA still involved in crime, says Garda

Only ordinary voters can stop SF’s fantasy peace process

Our political elite rushes to appease Republican propaganda machine


August 24

Ian Paisley: Sinn Fein are no longer fit for Government – (That implies that they were fit for a time which is blatantly false!!)

Kevin McGuigan murder: Provisional IRA still exists, says PSNI chief

Tissue of lies: PSNI’s stunning admission that IRA still exists

IRA’s structure activated at will, says police union

PSNI chief constable ‘believes the IRA still exists’ – Unionist leader

No, they haven’t gone away – IRA leadership still rules crime world

McGuigan murder shows that the IRA is intact, armed and killing

‘IRA killed my boy and Sinn Fein know who did it’, says mother of Paul Quinn – (The truth will yet come out concerning Sinn Fein!!)

Ex-top detective: In IRA’s eyes, McGuigan murder is not breaking ceasefire

‘Ambiguity’ of PSNI statement blasted by TUV

Time for clarity on the IRA’s position

Only a fool believes IRA disappeared into ether – (What does that make the DUP!!!)

IRA may still be active in Northern Ireland, Minister claims – (David Ford was always slow on the uptake!!!)

Finger pointing at the IRA

Provo command’s own probe of ‘Jock’ killing condemned McGuigan to death

Kevin McGuigan murder: PSNI knew for 10 years the IRA had not gone away – (How reprehensible of Unionist politicians to silence the police in order to conceal this wickedness and keep Stormont afloat!!)

Provisional IRA may have left stage, but not theatre – (Armed and just waiting in the wings, in other words!!)

Garda Commissioner scored own goal by dodging questions on PIRA’s existence

SDLP silent on ‘exclusion motion’ against Sinn Fein – (SDLP have always ‘moved forward’ by looking over their shoulder!!)


August 21

Stormont teeters as parties demand terror clarification

Ambiguity gives republicans wriggle room

Provos still getting away with murder, no change there

Kevin McGuigan murder: Police link Provisional IRA to killing in Belfast – (Gerry Adams was right, they haven’t gone away – nor have their guns!!)

PSNI: We suspect PIRA members were involved in McGuigan murder

Kevin McGuigan murder: Top PSNI officer confirms worst kept secret… members of the IRA carried out killing

Kevin McGuigan: Peter Robinson in warning over ex-IRA man’s murder in Belfast

McGuigan murder: DUP threatens move to bar SF from Executive

Kevin McGuigan: Reaction to PSNI’s assessment on murder

Gerry Adams’ silence on Kevin McGuigan murder is deafening

Kevin McGuigan murder: Man appears in court on firearms charge

Kevin McGuigan murder: Gun charge man ‘still murder suspect’

Landmark action as families to sue loyalist church deacon and the state over murder of their loved ones

How Many IRA Murders are the Failed Institutions Worth?

North Korea orders troops on war footing after exchanging fire with South

Declassified files: Gerry Kelly and other IRA men ‘planned second escape’

Troubles victims’ families want to know who murdered them and why, says MP

Chilcot Inquiry delays ‘a disgrace for families of soldiers killed in Iraq’

NAMA scandal: Jamie Bryson promises ‘explosive, career-ending evidence’


August 20

Shankill bomber released after questioning on McGuigan murder – (Usual high publicity arrest – low publicity release!!!)

Calls to revoke licence of IRA bomber after new arrest

Kevin McGuigan murder: Word on street says it was the IRA… but Chief Constable Hamilton needs proof – (That’s the story of police versus IRA terrorists!!)

Glengormley residents welcome Somme mural in place of UVF gunmen

Jamie Bryson could give evidence to Nama probe

Gay Christian couple in battle to overturn same-sex marriage ban – (God’s view on what a ‘Christian’ is doesn’t count with such!!!)

Britain to pay for migrants to be flown home from Calais


August 19

Newtownabbey graffiti ‘bid to deter Protestants’ from Felden housing area

Roman Catholic Church in Scotland issues apology for child abuse

Catholic Archbishop Tartaglia apologises to child abuse victims

Catholic Church in Scotland must support and apologise to abuse survivors, says review that followed Cardinal Keith O’Brien scandal

Shankill bomber (Sean Kelly) arrested over murder of Kevin McGuigan

Funeral of father-of-nine Kevin McGuigan gunned down in suspected IRA feud takes place

Kevin McGuigan: Funeral held for murdered ex-IRA man

Violence does not solve problems, mourners at Kevin McGuigan funeral told – (A little late to give such advice to an IRA family!!!)

Executive Parties Challenged on Secret Plan to Hide Names of Killers

Who is Ready to Help the IRA? – TUV

TUV: State IRA role in murder of Kevin McGuigan


August 18

McGuigan murder weapon may have been part of an IRA stash

Three arrested in former IRA man Kevin McGuigan murder investigation

Kevin McGuigan murder: Killer threatened to shoot woman when they collided as he fled bloody scene

A zombie Assembly would be final, cruellest insult for Peter Robinson

Pro-IRA graffiti in Newtownabbey warns Protestants will be ‘bombed, burnt-out and shot’

Sinister graffiti threat at new housing scheme condemned as ‘despicable’

New Troubles commission won’t name murderers


August 17

Provos who shot Kevin McGuigan ‘murdered another last year’

Chief Constable faces big call that could ultimately decide Stormont’s future – (Justice or political expediency???)

Palace Barracks breach boosts dissident republicans after a series of setbacks

SDLP’s Pat Catney declines DUP nomination

Paddy Hill claims IRA terrorist took a 10 minute bus ride to a bar before raising alarm about Birmingham pub bombs

‘Do we want the “terrorist” Gerry Adams in (Irish) Cabinet? No, we don’t’

Same-sex marriage bill introduced to Australian parliament – but doomed to fail


August 15

VJ Day: Queen to lead 70th anniversary commemorations

It is right to remember soldiers on VJ Day…soon they will all be gone

Police investigate explosion at MI5 headquarters in Northern Ireland

Palace Barracks: Van explosion a ‘possible fire bomb’

Palace Barracks explosion: Major review of security ordered at MI5 base in wake of bomb blast

Jeremy Corbyn could undermine Northern Ireland peace process if he becomes Labour leader, rival claims

Sally Jones: Isis recruiter spotted ‘back in Britain’ after claims terror organisation is now focusing on ‘lone wolf’ attacks

Calais mayor says she will ‘open border’ to migrants trying to get to UK

Kevin McGuigan murder: Belfast victim under threat from republicans

Police reject criticism of ability to conduct ‘proper’ McGuigan murder probe

Short Strand on knife-edge as relative ‘vows he will kill every Provo in area’

Daughter blames IRA for Short Strand murder – (We shall now see just how real was Peter Robinson’s threat of action if IRA was involved!!)

Kevin McGuigan murdered three months after Jock Davison, this is a chilling warning from the IRA: don’t dare cross us

Kevin McGuigan: An IRA enforcer who lived and died by the gun. But did his old friends pull trigger?

Kevin McGuigan murder: Sinn Fein has to show that it’s prepared to defend the peace

David Cameron’s anger over ‘pensions for IRA terrorists’ scheme

Loyalist paint bomb attacks on Ardoyne homes ‘sectarian intimidation’

Man charged over attacks on memorial to Scots soldiers


August 14

Queen to defy VJ Day terror threat

Two held in Belfast over shooting of prominent republican Kevin McGuigan

Kevin McGuigan murder: Peter Robinson warns of political repercussions if PIRA is involved – (How empty are DUP threats!! Just what are they prepared to do if IRA is involved? Answer: NOTHING!!)

We’ve Heard all the DUP Empty Threats Following Murder Before

Peace process threat as former prisoner shot dead

Kevin McGuigan: Ex-IRA man Belfast murder ‘ruthless’ say police

McGuigan quizzed over Davison killing as witness

Police say bin blast the work of dissidents

Reality is a united Ireland is further away than ever

Thousands of Irish died at Gallipoli 100 years ago. We can’t hide that

Lord Janner ordered to appear in court over abuse claims


August 13

Kevin McGuigan, a former member of the Provisional IRA, shot dead in east Belfast’s Short Strand area – (The Saviour said: “all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword,” Matthew 26:52.)

Murder probe launched after man is shot dead in East Belfast

‘This is payback for Jock Davison’ – IRA hitman Kevin McGuigan killed in a hail of bullets at his Belfast home- Provisional IRA members are the chief suspects – (Gerry Adams was correct, ‘they haven’t gone away’!!!)

Ex-IRA gunman shot dead in apparent revenge killing – (By the IRA, it should be noted!!)

TUV Demands No Cover Up Over Short Strand Murder

UDA Paramilitary group threaten drug dealers

Prosecute parents of rioting children, urges DUP peer Lord Morrow

Parents of rioting children ‘should be held accountable’

Tony Blair ‘should be dragged in shackles to war crimes court’, father of dead solider says

MP Gavin Robinson challenges Bombardier over decision to ban Union flag dice

ISIS truck bomb blast in Baghdad kills at least 76 and injures more than 200


August 12

ISIS bombers ‘have been in Britain for 6 weeks’ as their trainer warns ‘attack WILL happen’

Even the TALIBAN are sickened by ISIS’ savage executions in Afghanistan

Wolfe Tones challenged over IRA song at Belfast festivals

Sinn Fein still richest party by far, but both it and DUP live beyond their means

Martin McGuinness blasted for calling hunger striker a ‘hero’ at Bellaghy commemoration

Many Ulster Protestants also died in the Irish potato famine of the 1840s

David Cameron told paramilitary assaults on Northern Ireland children must end

Northern Ireland troops set to train Ukrainian forces

Australia’s conservatives scupper gay marriage law

Australian PM blocks MPs from backing same sex marriage

Tony Abbott’s government ‘will never introduce same-sex marriage’, Australia’s opposition claims

MH17 Team Finds ‘Possible’ Missile Parts


August 11

One of the ‘Hooded Men’ is charged with assisting IRA – (Before Dublin’s Special Criminal Court!!)

Gerry Adams’ cousin Kevin Hannaway in Dublin court on terrorism charge

‘Hooded man’ Kevin Hannaway appears in court charged with assisting the IRA

‘Hooded man’ litigant charged with helping IRA

Apprentice Boys bus attack victim doesn’t blame Dungiven people

Sinn Féin anger at return of British soldiers

Be grateful and ignore Sinn Fein’s victimhood myth

Anti-internment bonfire forced homelessness charity to move

Charges over petrol bombs at Belfast anti-internment march

Republican anti-internment rally ‘a shameful attempt to stoke tensions’ in Belfast

Threat to burn home over Union flag bed sheets

‘Wolfe Tones’ accuse DUP of “nit-picking” over IRA chant


August 10

IRA ‘responsible’ for killings blamed on loyalists

Fianna Fáil TDs say coalition with SF possible – if Adams goes

Police urge calm amid Isis threat to kill Queen

Nine officers injured after Belfast anti-internment parade violence

Two people charged over Belfast republican parade disorder

Anti-internment parade: PSNI hold the line on fraught day of disorder and disruption

Dungiven: Four people injured after bus returning from Apprentice Boy’s parade attacked with stones

Dungiven bus attack: Woman loses teeth in brick attack

Attack on bus in Dungiven from Apprentice Boys Parade ‘evil’

Sinn Fein and SDLP unite to condemn sectarian bus attack on Apprentice Boys supporters

Extremists in; brave servants out: Britain makes me despair – Col Tim Collins

Masked men hammer nails into man’s hands in Belfast

Man nailed to table by UDA ‘was victim of a set-up’

Over 1,350 sign petition demanding an Easyjet apology for Twelfth ban

Sinn Fein hits out at Sammy Wilson over fraud allegations

Sinn Fein’s attempt to seize the myth of 1916


August 7

Afghanistan: Taliban attacks in Kabul ‘due to infighting’

Frankie Boyle insults disabled and laughs at rape, but could he summon up the courage to mock the IRA? (Of course not – He was at a ‘Republican Festival’ after all!!)

Now police say EMAIL if you’ve been burgled

1 juror firmly opposed death penalty for theater shooter James Holmes

Sinn Fein objects to Apprentice Boys parade Union Flags

Graeme McDowell doesn’t seem too keen on representing Ireland in the Olympics

Relief of Derry celebrations


August 6

Lord Janner fit to answer charges of historic sex abuse, magistrate rules

Lord Janner told he must attend court hearing

Janner Ordered To Attend Abuse ‘Trial’ Hearing

Kids Company sex abuse claims were not passed on, says alleged victim

Jeremy Corbyn refuses to condemn IRA for terrorist atrocities

Wilson wants Sinn Féin benefits probe

3,000 sign up to end terrorists’ day release

Online petition set up demanding EasyJet apologise to Orange Order over Twelfth in-flight magazine row

Pastor McConnell: Court hears he ‘did not incite hatred or encourage violence against Muslims’

Pastor James McConnell solicitor argues preacher ‘did not incite hatred or encourage violence against Muslims’

Bombardier Shorts employee hauled in front of HR over Union flag fluffy dice – (Read this see how far ‘anti-unionist’ madness has gone in Ulster!!)

Union Flag Dice – Bombardier Action Preposterous – TUV leader Jim Allister

Thought police have lost run of themselves entirely

Bombardier Shorts worker in Union flag dice row says firm is not inclusive – (Would ‘GB’ on licence plates, or name of British car manufacturer also be offensive??)

Time to end the Catholic monopoly on our children’s schools in Irish Republic

Groom sues bride for not looking pretty without make-up – (Could be the start of a new trend!!!)

Muslim preacher, Anjem Choudary charged with supporting a terror organisation

PUP defends member proud of Miami Showband killers

DUP MP describes Nama claims as “a lot of ado about nothing” – (I wonder why!!!???)


August 5

Republican, AAD, admits it carried out shootings and bombings

AAD threaten to “execute” republican’s killers

Does Amnesty think IRA killings of security force members were legitimate?

Edward Heath claims: Brothel keeper denies accusing former PM

Ted Heath allegations: Jersey victims’ lawyer says linking former PM to child sex abuse like ‘pinning down a jellyfish’

‘Satanic Islam’ sermon Belfast cleric McConnell to make first court appearance

Leicestershire police ‘ignore’ attempted burglaries at odd-numbered houses

Orange Order slams easyJet over ‘Twelfth’ apology

DUP and Orange Order hit out at EasyJet’s Twelfth apology

Candidate for Labour’s leadership, Jeremy Corbyn vows to bring abortion and same-sex marriage to Northern Ireland as victims blast refusal to condemn IRA terror – (What a wonderful man !!!!)

Jeremy Corbyn the artful dodger: A transcript of his Nolan interview

Nama team to quiz TD Mick Wallace over Northern Ireland land deal claims in Dail


August 4

Planned Parenthood official: Abortion procedures, prices altered to meet demand

Sinn Féin Minister alleges M15 link with dissident republicans

Claire Hanna: My colleague wrong over coffin of INLA man

GCHQ may be spying on Northern Ireland Assembly members after policy change, claims Amnesty

IRA victims fear worst as Libyan spy’s execution looms

Aviation open day blocked again by Sinn Fein – (This shows the powerlessness of the First Minister under the terms of power-sharing with Sinn Fein/IRA)

End could be nigh for Ballymena park preachers

Easyjet apologises for promoting the Twelfth on flights after complaint from blogger

Sir Edward Heath: Five police forces investigating abuse claims

Ted Heath child sex abuse claims: Footage shows Tory whip saying government could cover up scandals involving MPs and ‘small boys’

British Link To Smuggling At Migrant Camp

Jeremy Corbyn: Tony Blair could face war crimes trial over ‘illegal Iraq invasion’


August 3

Internment parade organisers to defy commission

Organisers should re-route internment rally

Republicans set to take legal action over plan to fly Union Flag at Council offices

Rows over flags, a UDR memorial and now prayers before meetings: Is this NI’s most divided council?

DUP silent on councillor Ruth Patterson attending UDA parade

PSNI probe south Belfast loyalist parade after ‘paramilitary display’ claims

Strabane graveyard bomb an ‘attempt to kill police officers’

Ted Heath abuse claims: Met police investigating

Man accuses Sir Edward Heath of raping him as a boy

Claim Sir Edward Heath raped 12-year-old boy

Scotland Yard ‘probes child sex abuse claims against Sir Edward Heath’

Alliance Party MLAs will be told to vote for same-sex marriage

Sammy Wilson to stand down as an MLA

As Sammy Wilson steps down from the Assembly, he says he fears for its survival

Gerry Adams knows, but can’t admit, that Irish unity is a long, long way away

Frankie Boyle so vile that he even managed to split Sinn Fein

NI dissent as unions back Jeremy Corbyn for Labour leader – (Corbyn has shown himself to be a friend of terrorists in the past!!)

Easter Rising should be seen as start of ongoing civil war


August 2

Belfast Pride calls for marriage equality in the North – (Its not equality but perversity that is sought!!)

IRA abuse victim, Mairia Cahill delivers Feile lecture

Mairia Cahill ‘lays a few ghosts to rest’ and lambasts IRA during festival lecture

Maíria Cahill calls on Dublin to examine abuse claims

Chaos fears as dissidents vow to flout Belfast parade ruling

Anti-internment parade two years ago was scene of violence

Tackling the issue of ‘Special Advisers’

Jeremiah O’Donovan Rossa commemoration kicks off Easter Rising centenary season

Church of England Bishop criticises Cameron for describing migrants as a ‘swarm’ – (What an idiot! Whatever happened to metaphorical language?)

Politicians warn of ‘anarchy on streets’ as UDA erects recruitment posters across Coleraine – (Political vacuums always give rise to such actions!!)

Strabane: ‘Mortar-type device’ found in security alert near graveyard

Ian Gow: Adviser to Mrs Thatcher, killed for his unionism

40 years ago – Miami Showband massacre: Drummer escaped ambush by going home to parents

There won’t be enough RC priests for Ireland – but regular people will step in?


August 1

Bin Laden family ‘on Blackbushe Airport crash plane’

Osama bin Laden’s family members killed in plane crash at Hampshire’s Blackbushe Airport

Restrictions on Belfast republican parade after ‘offensive’ behaviour

Low turnout for parade to honour UDA killers – (Protestants have never given substantial support to UDA/UVF in contrast to the RC support for Sinn Fein/IRA!!)

Co Louth man guilty of possessing NI bound car bomb

Two atrocities that illustrated the true nature of terrorism

Sinn Féin accused of undermining 1916 Dublin Rising programme

The government, Sinn Féin and the battle for 2016 … It starts today

Former Anglo Irish Bank officials jailed over tax conspiracy


July 31

Stormont welfare reform: Patient may already be dead by time antidote is found

Tensions high as Army joins PSNI in Londonderry home raids

Sinn Fein concern over Londonderry Army searches ‘illogical’

Unionists hit out over proposal for a neutral flag at Stormont

Jean McConville murder: Republican Ivor Bell will find out in October if he is to stand trial

I won’t be gagged says Mairia Cahill as lawyers fire off a warning to festival over her lecture

Irish Appeal court clears last legal obstacle to same-sex marriage

Greece crisis escalates as IMF witholds support for a new bail-out deal

Barter booms in cash-strapped rural Greece for the first time since Nazi occupation

RC Priest performs exorcism from a helicopter to banish evil from Italian town where several churches have been robbed and defiled. (Should have taken a flight over the Vatican!!!!)

House of Lords: 20 peers claim £1.6m during past five years – and never speak in debates

Ultra-Orthodox man stabs six people at gay pride march in Jerusalem

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The Frightening Prospect Facing the Cause of God in Ulster!

Scripture: Jeremiah 12:7-11.

A sermon preached by Rev Ivan Foster in Newtownabbey FPC on Lord’s Day evening, 19th July, 2015.

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Man is the same today as he was back in the times of the OT.

The Lord remains the same because, He is “infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth. ”

The sin of men today therefore brings the same response from the Lord as ever it did. The analysis of man’s condition and the only cure given by the Lord was accurate a thousand years ago and more and remains effective still.

That being so, we can scan the future in the Bible’s records of the past. What happened to Israel following its backsliding and sin will likewise happen to the converted Gentiles today.

It is for this reason that we can look at these verses and see what lies ahead of Ulster’s Christians if there is not a taking heed of the lessons laid down for us. We may say with Paul: “for our sakes, no doubt, this is written, ” 1 Corinthians 9:10.

The consequences of backsliding and defiance of God is most terrible indeed! Hear what God says. “I have forsaken mine house, I have left mine heritage, ” Jeremiah 12:7-8.

The wonderful promise of Hebrews 13:5 must never be abused. That is not a promise without conditions. Disobedience of God is not ignored by Him.

The true believer will never be so wholly forsaken of God as to lose his soul but sin will cost us the presence and blessing of God just as it cost David such. Psalm 51:11-12.

That is the inevitable cost of sin in this life! Ulster’s Christians are facing a future void of these joys and blessings if there is not a heeding of the decline taking place amongst us.