by contemporarychristianity_admin | Apr 3, 2024 | P.S.
Recently I picked up a copy of Eamonn Mallie’s newly published memoir ‘Eyewitness to War and Peace.’ Mallie’s compelling narrative of almost fifty years in journalism poises the tantalising question: What did Margaret Thatcher, Bill Clinton, Mother Theresa and Ian...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Mar 1, 2024 | P.S.
The gospel injunction to “love our enemies” and “pray for those who persecute us” sits uneasily with modern sensibilities. In politics, such a modus operandi is perceived as weakness and may signal doom at the next election. Even in the Church, the words of our Lord...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Feb 13, 2024 | P.S.
Ask most people what the most significant technical innovation has been in the history of Christendom, and I would confidently guess that most would say it is the printing press. The widespread availability of both the Bible and other Christian writing, allied to the...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Feb 2, 2024 | P.S.
It is now more than a year and a half since I retired from full time ministry in First Armagh Presbyterian Church. I confess I do not miss the constant pressure to preach at least once a Sunday to the same congregation maintaining biblical truth, as well as relevance...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Jan 17, 2024 | P.S.
Maybe I am just more conscious of it than before, but I sense that there is an increasing amount of pain and distress in people’s lives – both for younger people as well as for those of us who are older. This is causing me to think a lot more deeply about some of the...
by contemporarychristianity_admin | Dec 13, 2023 | P.S.
We live on the edge of North Belfast. Recently I picked up a copy of Feargal Cochrane’s book ‘Belfast – The Story of a City and its People.’ A final chapter entitled ‘The Future’ begins with the following observation: ‘Belfast, like all cities, is in transition,...
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