In the 1970’s, a then young Peter Masters took over the pastorate, to find the church in active decline, with a handful of elderly mainly female members, very faithful people, but a previous pastor had got them into the very Baptist Union that Spurgeon had got them out of 100 years previously, during the Downgrade controversy, and they had become very weak and ecumenical. Dr Masters completely reversed this.

No one should delight in the death of lost people, but should wish to lovingly share the gospel with them, and have tears at the very thought of anyone going to a lost eternity.

This pastor also is atrocious, as he hates Israel, hates the Jews, believes the whole Holocaust is a lie and a hoax, and seemingly would like to see the actual land of Israel be an Arab Muslim Palestinian state.

I do not have my own home, I live in rented accommodation, I do not have a car and have to use public transport, and I do not have a great income.

I also live a long distance from the city where my mother is in a nursing home. My family circumstances are not helpful, and until a few years ago, my older sister who did have her own home, near our mother, a car and her own income was able to carry much of the burden.

My mother lived in her own autonomous accommodation with her own paid carers, as she was frail, but active. Unfortunately my sister developed a terminal illness, and shortly after she passed away, my mother suffered a severe stroke, and as it was I stopped an attempt by the hospital to withdraw proper care. Unfortunately there was no other alternative to her long term care needs. Had I had the resources, and been in a better situation, there is no way that I would have wanted mother to enter such a place. The care she needs does require the presence of a resident qualified nurse, which is a requirement of nursing homes. This is not just a Care home.

Apparently, the assembly must have dispersed or closed, and the building is now occupied by an evangelical Anglican fellowship, called Christ Church, which is totally independent of the local diocese, bishop and the impressive cathedral down the road.

This assembly even has its own bishop, (I suspect a semi-retired Anglican evangelical missionary bishop, probably!), as well as its own vicar!!

My old Pentecostal Church in the East Midlands, from my Pentecostal days when I lived there, under its brash new pastor, (which is when I left it), developed into a multiple site church in that city, each branch with its own pastor, and the branch pastors do preach, but once a month all sites get together in a very large hired hall for a united service. The church still has its own central building, and a purchased social “compassion” facility next door, but all the other branches use hired community halls and school halls.

In another city in the East of England a very large church, using multiple services have purchased a huge centre which almost rivals some of the smaller “mega” churches in the USA. Both these churches are much more of the seeker sensitive type.

All super large churches, should consider very carefully and prayerfully, splitting off that part of their congregation that lives in the target area, and their best leaders from that group, and prayerfully letting them go, while obviously still supporting them in prayer, and by encouragement.

My impression from this article is that basically we have here salvation by works, or rather an attempt at it.

A church with a plurality of elders, rather than just one pastor and a number of deacons trying to double up as elders, would have been a lot better at dealing with this.

Also it is good for a pastor to have an informal relationship with pastors of other churches, so that there can be full accountability.

I wonder how she will get on with secularist public schools, enforced transgenderism, LGBT etc. rights, abortion, euthanasia, pot smoking, etc.

I am shocked that my own miserable government, here in Britain, in the middle of chaos over a Brexit it will not deliver, despite the vote of the people, with its terrible pro-Muslim Foreign Office and Home Office, could not find room for her and her family.

I am also sad that even in President Trump’s USA, they could not find room for Asia Bibi and her family.

The 4 main compromises seem to be, firstly that though they might broadly believe in Biblical creation and the worldwide flood, they might believe it not important to stand for it, the second is the very dangerous and subtle Gap Theory that accepts 6- day creation and the worldwide flood, but sticks millions of years between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2, and then of course the more standard compromises of “Progressive Creationism” and “Theistic Evolution”.

AM radio here in Britain is virtually non-existent, but FM radio stations still struggle on

Most people listen to digital radio through special radio sets, or use their phones.

I greatly miss sometimes, my old “dinosaur”, non-smart basic mobile phone I used to have, as it had wired in FM radio, which did not use the internet.

Nowadays, I stick to a commercial classical radio station, Classic FM, and occasionally BBC Radio 3 (also mostly classical music), which are fairly safe.

Dr Kendall managed to get rid of those solid deacons, who were not too keen on this, and Dr Lloyd Jones began to regret having him.

Bad though it is, Roman Catholicism must seem light relief after the Scientologist cult!! However, it is a bit like going from the frying pan into the fire!!

As to the business with John Lee, I must admit that I am surprised at a Brethren Assembly joining the World Council of Churches, and I don’t believe that is typical of most Brethren Assemblies, where they generally actually have a closed communion. Possibly it sounds to me that this particular assembly had one elder that lorded it over the other elders, and he had a clash of interests, as he had regard to his family member who was in charge of the charismatic church, and wanted to please him, rather than the Lord.

Truly evangelical Christians in Northern Ireland and elsewhere need to pray, as the pressure will only pile on.

The mainland British Government, which has forcefully suspended the local Stormont Parliament, under the Good Friday agreement, pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage Republican Nationalist Sinn Fein (which supports Union with the Republic of Ireland) must be in coalition with generally anti-abortion and anti-gay marriage Democratic Unionist Party, (founded by the late Revd Ian Paisley), and at present the two parties will not work together, (no other part of Great Britain has to have a compulsory coalition), is putting pressure on Northern Ireland to adopt its liberal laws to allow gay marriage and abortion.

The Republic of Ireland, with its active homosexual Prime Minister, Mr Varadker, which has just itself completely embraced both gay marriage and abortion, is piling on the pressure too.

The children had just emerged from their Sunday School class, and the main service was shortly to start. The children were playing outside the church in between the two services.

Just a few minutes earlier at the end of the Sunday School, their teacher asked this incredible question. “How many of you would be prepared to die for Christ?” What a question!! All the children without exception raised their hands. They then left the class, the bomber emerged some time later escorted by the usher, and blew himself up and some 15 apparently of the children promptly fulfilled the question of their Sunday School teacher, as well as a number of adults and died for Christ.

The children had just emerged from their Sunday School class, and the main service was shortly to start. The children were playing outside the church in between the two services.

Just a few minutes earlier at the end of the Sunday School, their teacher asked this incredible question. “How many of you would be prepared to die for Christ?” What a question!! All the children without exception raised their hands. They then left the class, the bomber emerged some time later escorted by the usher, and blew himself up and some 15 apparently of the children promptly fulfilled the question of their Sunday School teacher, as well as a number of adults and died for Christ.