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agreeing with Martin Luther… whatever next?

Michael McFarland Campbell

All too often in Northern Ireland you can find yourself asked the question, which can be roughly translated to mean Are you sure of your redemption and membership of the Church having been born again and accepted Jesus Christ as your personal saviour? On Sunday morning at the meeting house this was the subject of the sermon by The Rev. Nigel Playfair (not that Nigel Playfair), Minister of FIrst Presbyterian Church, Belfast who was standing in for our minister who is on holiday for three weeks. Mr Playfair explained that The question “Are you saved?” is not really a question. It … Continue reading agreeing with Martin Luther… whatever next?

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continuing along the path with my brother…

Michael McFarland Campbell

Whilst attending and now a member of All Souls Church (2nd Presbyterian and York Street) Presbyterian at present, many people have been wondering how I can manage to reconcile this with where I have been on my own spiritual journey up until now. Having found a small book* at the back of All Souls, I reproduce one part of what is written in it.

Since in the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church all members are free, and there are no compulsory things about which all must believe exactly alike, Non-Subscribing Presbyterians have no official creed. But perhaps we could sum up the kind of things that they do believe in some such statement as the following. You will notice that most of the words in this statement are taken straight from the Bible. That is just as it should be; Continue reading “continuing along the path with my brother…”