Edging Closer To Target

Donations from churches and individuals have now exceeded £35,000.

This is a tremendous level of giving - and brings us to within £15,000 of our target.

Many thanks to all who have contributed to this cause! May "the Lord recompense your work" (Ruth 2:12), and flood your life with His blessing.

Are We Doing What We Can For Jesus?

With the Rich in His Death

July 25, 2010

"And He made His grave with the wicked, and with the rich in His death; because He had done no violence, neither was any deceit in His mouth." (Isaiah 53:9)

It is generally recognized that the amazing 53rd chapter of Isaiah, written over 500 years earlier, is the most explicit and complete exposition of the substitutionary suffering and death of the Lord Jesus Christ in all the Bible, including even the New Testament accounts.

And this prophecy that His death and burial would be with both the "wicked, and with the rich" is surely one of the most remarkable.

How could such a prediction possibly come to pass?

Yet it did!

Unjustly condemned, not for any violent or deceitful acts, but only for telling the truth, Jesus was crucified between two wicked criminals, yet He was buried in a garden tomb lovingly built by a rich member of the council that had condemned Him to death.

Furthermore, that elaborate tomb had almost certainly been personally designed and built ahead of time by Joseph in specific anticipation of using it to fulfill Isaiah’s prophecy.

That wealthy owner of the tomb lived in Arimathea and would never have built a tomb for himself or his family near Calvary, the place of crucifixion. But he and a friend on the council (Nicodemus) had somehow come to believe in Jesus and His gospel and decided they were the ones that should render this service.

Perhaps, as they looked up at the body of the Lord on the cross just before removing it for burial, they remembered His words to Nicodemus three years earlier, when He had said: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life" (John 3:14-15).

They had indeed believed, no doubt suffering severe loss, but they had done what they could for Christ.

(Henry M Morris)

Ignited By Contact With Christ!

Elton Trueblood, the Quaker scholar, once compared evangelism to fire.

Evangelism occurs, he said, when Christians are so ignited by their contact with Christ that they in turn set other fires.

It is easy to determine when something is aflame. It ignites other material. Any fire that does not spread will eventually go out.

A church without evangelism is a contradiction in terms, just as fire that does not burn is a contradiction.

Information in Truth For Youth Magazine (Next Edition)

A tip for those within the Free Presbyterian Church of Ulster who are readers of the Truth For Youth magazine:

The next edition (Summer 2010; July/August) has a page devoted to the 'Consider Christ Campaign, Phase Two – The Border Counties.'

Please read ...... and circulate the news as widely as you can!

The Cup's Half Full!

Some tremendous news!

Less than two months after the launch of Phase 2 in the 'Consider Christ' Campaign (Border Counties), half of the required monies have been donated.

By Friday, 4 June 2010, £25,000+ was in the fund.

We praise God for the generous donations from churches across the province of Ulster in order to take the message of the Gospel into the counties of Donegal, Leitrim, Monaghan, Cavan and Louth.

Consider Christ Border Counties – Info DVD

Part 1 of this DVD has now been uploaded on Sermon Audio.

To play, click the link below - then scroll up to the top of this page:

More Men Under The Bright Lights!

Monday, 24 and Thursday, 27 May were key dates for the filming of a short DVD production for the Second Phase of our 'Consider Christ' Campaign.

I outlined the various stages that are envisaged for this campaign during the first 'shoot' on Monday. Revs. Robert Ormerod, David Smith and Jonathan Creane duly appeared on Thursday afternoon to make their contributions.

It must be said that none of us claim to be experts in the field; in fact we are most uncomfortable under the bright lights. However, if we are calling on people again this year to break out of their comfort zone and, 'Do Something More For God,' we reckoned it would only be fair that we should put ourselves in front of the camera in an effort to raise awareness about our new project.