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JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA
Prophecy, history and tradition combine to make the story of Joseph of Arimathea unique in the annals of our race. A story drawn from sacred and secular sources, and bearing a name known the world over wherever the Christian message has gone, yet but vaguely understood as an integral part of that message; a part…
PROUD TO BE A PROTESTANT
The Contents of this article are based upon an Address given by Pastor Campbell on Reformation Sunday, 1985, at the Cregagh Pentecostal Fellowship, Belfast. INTRODUCTION The recent remarks by Cardinal Tomas O’Fiaich, the Roman Catholic Primate in Ireland, that 90% of all bigotry in Ulster was attributable to Protestants, have I believe, highlighted what amounts…
THE TWO CREATIONS OF GENESIS 1 AND 2
GENESIS 1. tells of the creation of man, without the article, and as in English this indicates the collective noun = mankind. The first mention of “man” (Heb.adam) is in verse 26: Genesis1.20 And God said,”Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature*that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in…
PETER AND THE PAPACY
‘WAS PETER FIRST POPE, HOLY FATHER, SUPREME PONTIFF, AND VICAR OF CHRIST?’ WAS the Apostle Peter the first Pope, the earthly head of the church according to the Bible? Was he the Chief Shepherd, the Supreme Pontiff and Vicar of Christ? Is the Roman Catholic church the true church as proved by a succession of…
ISRAEL – A MARITIME PEOPLE!
THE first mention of any maritime involvement is to be found in the last words of Jacob, “leaning upon the top of his staff”, when he blessed the tribes of his twelve sons. That was about 1689 BC (Usher’s chronology). He said: “Zebulun shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be…
