The Irish language is a topical subject in the present day context of Northern Ireland. In some circles it has been politicised, used to serve the ends of a political aspiration. Using a language for [...]

An enormous statue of the Virgin Mary has been inaugurated in a small Polish village, in the presence of veteran anti-communist leader Lech Walesa. Hundreds of people took part in the consecration of the monument, [...]

This is a subject to which we have returned on numerous occasions, and we make no apology for doing so again, for it continues to be something of deep concern to those of us who [...]

NO SHAM FIGHT! An article by the Lord Bannside (Dr Ian Paisley) and first published by the Bannside Library   Sham fights are a cultural tradition the world over. Re-enactments bring history to life for locals [...]

NO SACRIFICE BUT CALVARY!  Timothy Cross Should you ever holiday in the seaside town of Blackpool, in the north of England, you could not fail to notice its iconic tower. Whilst there once I was [...]

WILLIAM TYNDALE Jack Greenald William Tyndale was born in Gloucestershire in the early 1490s. He studied at Oxford, receiving his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. On 24 March 1515, Tyndale was ordained a deacon in St [...]

RACIAL UNREST – A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE On 29 July 2024, a mass stabbing targeting children occurred at a dance studio in Southport, Merseyside. Three children were killed, and ten other people – eight of whom [...]

  Alf McCreary in conversation with EPS Secretary, Wallace Thompson.   This first appeared in the Belfast Telegraph on Saturday 22 April 2023, as part of Alf’s weekly “What I Believe” series.   Tell me [...]

By Rev Ronald Johnstone The flying of flags is an ancient tradition. When the Israelites left Egypt, they marched in rank behind the standard of their particular tribe. Psalm 20 called the people to set [...]

By J.C. Ryle   Reader, I ask you a plain question at the beginning of a New Year. Are you ready? It is a solemn thing to part company with the old year. It is [...]

The late George Dawson, former Treasurer and Council member of the EPS, was remembered at a special inaugural legacy lecture given by EPS Secretary Mr Wallace Thompson in Ballymoney on Saturday 7 May 2022. The [...]

“Mine enemies reproach me all the day; and they that are mad against me are sworn against me.”  Psalm 102 verse 8 Readers of a certain age may well remember Norman St John Stevas, a [...]