A simple search of words like ‘elect’ or ‘chosen’ in an appropriate programme will show you how prevalent the concept is in the Bible. One writer states: ‘No other doctrine has been so central in theology and so ignored in the pulpit.’

2014/11 Distinctives Features of Free Presbyterianism A COMMITTED MEMBERSHIP Church members are not to be spectators but participants, willingly employing what God has given them for the good of the church as a whole. To survey the religious scene in the area where I minister is to be struck by the fact that many congregations

When King John, under considerable duress, pressed his royal seal on to the Magna Carta (Great Charter) on 15 June 1215, he could not have predicted that this document would shape our ideas of individual rights and freedoms for hundreds of years to come.

2015/01 Has the Roman Catholic Church Really Changed? Protestant stalwart Bishop JC Ryle famously stated: “Let us have no peace with Rome until Rome adjures her errors, and is at peace with Christ.” At first glance, this maxim presupposes two things: That Protestants recognize it is possible for the Roman Catholic Church to adjure her

Nothing is impossible with God. The young Christian should know how to bring the gospel to the sinner, Roman Catholic or otherwise. He has nothing to be ashamed of in propagating the good news of Jesus Christ.

2015/01 The Man Christ Jesus Over the past 150 years, there have been numerous attacks on the deity of Christ from liberals and cults. The Bible teaches that the Word that was made flesh was very much the Word that was God before being made flesh (John 1:1,14).  This has not prevented the unbelieving from

2016/01 A Humble Apology We are seeking to win souls, not just arguments! The idea of respect has taken on a very particular flavour in our present culture. It may be described by the cliché ‘Live and let live.’ In essence, we are all supposedly given the freedom to believe what we want, and to

2015/07 Abortion - Another Look Parents will recall the joy of heart when given the news of an impending addition to the family.  As Christians, we testify that: “children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”  (Psalm 127:3). For some, that joy is shattered by the detection

2013/09 Christians and Sport The love of sport is no new phenomenon.  Ancient Greeks were avid sports fans – but this generation has embraced sport like no other.  Since sport takes up so much time, thought and money in the lives of so many, believers must formulate a biblically based approach to it.   Our lives

2015/09 Can We be Heard in a Hostile World? I hold no brief for the Presbyterian Church in Ireland (PCI). Indeed, as you might expect, I find myself at odds with the denomination into which I was born, and in which I was raised, on many significant matters. But it would be churlish to dismiss