Many Beautiful Things
Today my attention was drawn to a film that features the story of Victorian missionary, Lilias Trotter. SPIRITUAL COUNSELLOR In her early...


Playmobil Presents ... Martin Luther!
Astronomical sales of a tiny figurine of the Protestant Reformation figure Martin Luther, have confounded its maker, Playmobil, by...


Go To Dark Gethsemane ...
A Facebook post about Gethsemane by a friend, Valerie Johnston, who is currently on tour in Israel with her husband Melvin, sent me in...


Read The Bible With Reverence
Today I was reminded of this brilliant quote from Thomas Watson, in The Body of Divinity: "Read the Bible with reverence. Think in every...


Pastor "Not Guilty" on Both Counts
“The courts need to be very careful not to criticise speech which, however contemptible, is no more than offensive. It is not the task...


Have a Christ-Focused New Year!
It seems safe to say that 2016 will: - produce more tragedy in Syria and Yemen; - witness an uninterrupted stream of refugees into...


A Canary in the Coal Mine
Referencing a recent case in England when street preacher Michael Overd won his appeal against a public order conviction after a judge...


A Tale of Two Preachers + Islam
The irony should not be lost on us. Preachers – and Islam – made headlines across the world today, but there could not have been a...


Belfast Courtroom Dramatically Transformed into an Evangelical Auditorium
"Thank you for coming tonight. And if somebody says to you, 'What was he preaching about tonight?' tell him, 'He was preaching about the...


Carol Service At Cultra
Last evening we held our first Carol Service of 2015, in the exceptionally quaint surroundings of the old Presbyterian Meeting House that...