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..
This is a follow-on from Part 1 of this series. You should see this as a little like a child’s school project 😀. If you really want to know about all these people, use Google and find better resources, or click the links that I’ve added under each name. I just enjoyed doing a little … Continue reading Ten Influential Irish Evangelical Christians: Part 2
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
I was trying to think of a song on the theme of work. I’m sure they are lots, but The Beatles came to mind: It’s been a hard day’s night,And I’ve been working like a dog,It’s been a hard day’s night,I should be sleeping like a log. I don’t know why they say working like … Continue reading Working Like a Dog
So, do I practice religion? It’s an interesting question. I’m an Irish evangelical Christian, and this is an evangelistic blog. But most Irish evangelicals that I know balk at the word religion. Maybe they associate religion with trying to get to heaven by being a member of a particular church or sect or by practicing … Continue reading Gimme That Old Time Religion
Before 5th Century Before 400 AD, contact with Christian communities in Roman Britain might have introduced elements of Christianity to Ireland even before formal missionary efforts. 5th Century Patrick, formerly a slave in Ireland, escaped but returned as a missionary in 432 to spread Christian teachings, converting chieftains and establishing churches. Palladius and Declan belong … Continue reading Irish Church History Chronology
1. T.C. Hammond (1877-1961) At a personal level, I first heard of Hammond when my father-in-law, Warren Nelson, was writing his biography. But some years before, someone recommended Hammond’s In Understanding Be Men to me. Nowadays, much better introductions to Christian doctrine are available, but even in 1981, it was still well regarded. Looking at … Continue reading Ten Influential Irish Evangelical Christians: Part 1
Well, Irish isn’t really a theme, it’s more of a category. And what constitutes an Irish hymn? I think of hymns with Irish-sounding tunes and hymns written by Irish people. Maybe more come from Northern Ireland than the Republic, but from a spiritual point of view, as with rugby, Ireland has one team 😀. Irish-sounding … Continue reading Hymn Themes: Irish Hymns
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
I make much mention of my background and experiences at various points in this blog, so I thought it might be useful to present a brief outline of the years coming up to my conversion. As I mention elsewhere, I grew up a Roman Catholic in Cork, Ireland. I don’t remember a lot before my … Continue reading Conversion Chronology
I date my conversion to Sunday August 17th, 1980, about a month after I bought Saved, by Bob Dylan, in Pat Egan’s record store in Patrick Street Cork. I initially attended The Upper Room, which at that time was in a street off Camden Quay in Cork, above some sort of a fruit warehouse. I … Continue reading Hymns: 1980 Memories
Hibernia Gospel 