An Irish personal evangelistic site. I'm not representing a particular church, but it's broadly evangelical in tone. My aim is to cover topics I've encountered in discussions I've had over the years, mainly here in Ireland..
In January 1997, the first divorce occurred in Ireland, following the referendum in 1995. It seemed quite a momentous change at the time, but since then, so much else has changed. England won the Eurovision in 1997, with Love Shine a Light, the 1990s equivalent of All You Need is Love. Two classic secular albums … Continue reading Hymns: 1997 Memories
In 1996, I remember being introduced to the Christianity Explained course. We used that for a few years for evangelistic studies. Later we moved onto Christianity Explored. Another popular one, which I never used was the Alpha course. For new Christians, we used to study a little booklet named Walk Worthy. Popular worship songs from … Continue reading Hymns: 1996 Memories
1995 was the year that Ireland failed to win the Eurovision song contest 😀. We won three years in a row from 1992 to 1994. My favourite was In Your Eyes, by Niamh Kavanagh, which won in 1993. And 1994 will be remembered for Riverdance, which was introduced to fill the gap between the performance … Continue reading Hymns: 1995 Memories
From 1994 to 1998, I was involved in both Tipperary Christian Fellowship and Limerick Baptist Church. From 1998 to 2020, I focused solely on Tipperary, though I live in Limerick, 25 miles away. Up to the end of 2007, we met in the SIPTU Hall (shown here). Then, we moved to a community centre building … Continue reading Hymns: 1994 Memories
1993 was the year that I started feeling old 😀, which is perhaps why I purchased a Nintendo NES console and Achtung Baby by U2. I bought the U2 CD in HMV, Cruises Street, Limerick, just across the road from where we had our open-air preaching meetings. I had just listened to their Dublin concert … Continue reading Hymns: 1993 Memories
So, we get to 1992. A key memory of that year was the 1992 Baptist Youth Evangelism (BYE) Team, my last time leading a team in Cork. As usual, we spent the week spreading the gospel in the streets. On our day off, we went to the Old Head of Kinsale. 1992 was also the … Continue reading Hymns: 1992 Memories
1991 was the year that Limerick celebrated 300 years since the Treaty of Limerick, which ended the Williamite war in Ireland. It was also the year that I passed my driving test and bought my first computer, an Amstrad PCW 9512. I also bought my first second-hand car, a golden Suzuki Swift. And it was … Continue reading Hymns: 1991 Memories
Hymns published in 1990 include the following: We Are Marching in the Light of God became popular in North America in 1990, but this South African Zulu song goes back much further. 1990 in South Africa saw the official start of the process of ending Apartheid. Nelson Mandela was freed in February 1990. I was more … Continue reading Hymns: 1990 Memories
So, we’ve come to the end of the 1980s. And that year, I came to the end of my secular work. I started working with Baptist Missions Ireland in Limerick Baptist Church in 1989, alongside our Pastor, who, at the time, was also a Baptist Missions worker. A memorable book published in 1989 was Will … Continue reading Hymns: 1989 Memories
My big memory of 1988 was getting married and moving from Cork to Limerick. Of course, I’d been up and down over the years, and in all honesty, I much prefer Cork 🙂. But it’s only down the road really, and I live on the Cork side of Limerick. For our wedding, we chose the … Continue reading Hymns: 1988 Memories
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