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..
God’s holiness means that He is separate from anything impure, and His holiness calls people to reflect His character by striving for righteousness and purity. It also entails that God is incomparable to any other thing. Even in heaven, when all sin will be erradicated forever, we will be in awe of God’s holiness. In … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Holy
As Christians, our lives in this world can end in two ways. Either we die and go to heaven or else we’ll be around when Jesus comes back and takes all his people to be with himself. Here the apostle Paul anticipates his death: Phil 1:21-2421 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Future
So many hymns touch on the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ, but few are wholly focused on it. The resurrection is at the very core of the Christian faith. It comes at the end of the gospels, but the book of Acts, and what follows, touches on it again and again. Somone once asked … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Resurrection
Although, by 1985, I’d become more traditional and conservative in my outlook, I still fondly remembered the newer choruses that I’d been introduced to in the first few years of my Christian life. In early 1985, someone asked me to speak at the Christian Union in Ashton Comprehensive school in Cork. During my talk, I … Continue reading Hymns: 1985 Memories
Some of my favourite hymns are on the theme of majesty. In common language we use the word for royals or in sarcastic comments – Here’s your crown your majesty or Here you go your majesty (Simpsons)😀. But when used for God, it’s altogether different. The word “majesty,” when used in relation to God, conveys … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Majesty
I left for London in September 1982 to spend a year as a voluntary evangelist (VE) with London City Mission. In today’s terms, it could be described as a gap year program. Most were approaching their 20s or in their 20s. The 23 or so other VEs came from all parts of the UK. I … Continue reading Hymns: 1983 Memories
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