FRiend, I didn’t mean to offend. All I know of Dr. Paisley’s life comes from snippets gleaned from a handful of sermons I have listened to on sermonaudio.com. The only thing I knew of Dr. Paisley before I ever heard him preach was that he was the Presbyterian who famously shouted down John Paul II years ago. In the sermons I have heard he boldly proclaimed Bible doctrine; he boldly declared the gospel; he boldly declared the truth about the Jesus Christ found in the Bible (as opposed to a Jesus created by men). I don’t know if he actually spewed venom or if the bold truths of his messages stepped on your toes. I don’t know if what you believe of him is the truth or if it’s propaganda from those who despise his message.
I suggest you forget the messenger and pay attention to his message in the sermon I linked. If you can’t get past Dr. Paisley, listen to the other sermon I linked with an open heart. Go to bereanbeacon.org and take advantage of the many resources former Irish priest Richard Bennett offers for free. He has a thorough knowledge of Roman Catholicism and a real love for Roman Catholic people, wanting them to know the truth. Many of Richard’s video include other former Catholics.
God bless!
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:Not of works, lest any man should boast.”
I repeat you didn’t grow up on his turf and have no idea what you’re talking about. You weren’t around when the words he sprouted from his Church pulpit instigated mayhem and chaos ending in maiming, destruction, and death. The fanatical mullahs sprout the koran to instigate mayhem, chaos, death and destruction. Where’s the difference? King Billy was Paisley’s god - not Jesus Christ! In his heyday he had the leaders in every Orange Lodge leaders in N Ireland in an uproar which they then passed to the masses and all took onto the streets w/ a extra-special treat on the 12th July which was whenn all Catholics hid in their homes.
Yes, Paisley heckled Pope John Paul II (RIP), in a government building where he was invited to speak to parliment. Paisley called him the antichrist (one sees these obscenities on some “christian” - “islamic” websites). And the mullahs called Bush the antichrist and the US “Big satan?. Barbarism is how these people make their living.
Was Paisley a good example for Christians or was Pope John Paul II a good example for Christians in the “shout down” you mentioned?
Here’s the tape where one is displaying a lack of civility while the other depicts a quiet dignity...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/historic_moments/newsid_8187000/8187541.stm
You didn’t offend because you obviously have a lack of knowledge as to the individual which I can understand. Paisley is a very old man now (maybe he died though I hadn’t heard that...know he retired from Stormont a few years ago) and has mellowed a lot for different reasons. One of them being perhaps coming to the realization that his self-interpretation of the Holy Bible was incorrect. Anyway he has his fine house and got to spend a wonderful time at Stormont in the Democratic Unionist Party making even more money. The rowdy’s always seem to get rewarded.
On a positive note both Ian Paisley and the Mullahs are strong pro-lifers and anti-sodomy...
Thank you for the Richard Bennett referral (I used to know a Richard Bennett over there). I’m currently reading a book by Scott Hahn (a convert to Catholicism) called Rome Sweet Home which I highly reccommend.
God bless.