Man armed with gun in store arrested
MYSTERY last night surrounded an incident at one of Belfast’s most popular department stores when a man armed with a gun was arrested amid shoppers.Debenhams in CastleCourt had been packed full of...
View ArticleIs the King James Bible still the best after 400 years?
In this its 400th year, are the King James Bible and its New King James successor still the only English translations based on the true Greek texts of the early church?Philip Bradfield...
View ArticleJames White: Other translations ‘are stronger than KJV’
The King James translators (followed by the NKJV translators centuries later) used seven printed Greek texts as the basis of their translation: the five editions of Erasmus (1516-1535), that of...
View ArticleOther translations ‘prohibited’ by Greek church
The Greek Orthodox Church has previously endorsed the King James and New King James bibles – and branded many other modern translations as “generally prohibited” for its members. Eastern Orthodox...
View ArticleDavid Silverside: KJV Greek texts ‘do not need updating’
Is the King James Version an historical landmark from which we have progressed further or has English Bible translation gone downhill since 1611?Even before accuracy of translation features, what text...
View ArticleComparison of sample passages from New King James and English Standard Version
DID CHRIST RISE FROM THE GRAVE?MARK 16:9-12NKJV: Now when He rose early on the first day of the week, He appeared first to Mary Magdalene....After that, He appeared in another form to two of them as...
View ArticlePSNI reservists get P45’s on Christmas eve
AS the PSNI full-time reservists marched into history at the weekend their union and politicians have warned that the Chief Constable may live to regret the decision to disband them.It also emerged...
View ArticleArmy chief wanted Adams arrested
BRITAIN’S most senior army officer thought that Gerry Adams should be arrested in 1981, a confidential document just released has revealed.The revelation will raise fresh questions about the role which...
View ArticleSDLP mourns passing of veteran councillor
SENIOR SDLP figures have paid tribute to their party colleague and long-serving Down councillor Peter Craig who passed away in the early hours of New Year’s Day.Party leader Dr Alasdair McDonnell said...
View ArticleNIO man plotted to remove UUP leader
A CIVIL servant who went on to become a British ambassador attempted to get the secretary of state involved in a plan to remove Ulster Unionist leader Jim Molyneaux, previously classified files...
View ArticleALEX KANE: Interesting year for history and politics
WELL, if the Mayans end-of-the-world prophecy turns out to be accurate then none of us will be here this time next year: so a very happy 2012 to each and every one of you and make sure you use your...
View ArticleMcNarry in bid to oust Molyneaux
DAVID Blatherwick was not the only individual in Northern Ireland plotting to remove Jim Molyneaux as Ulster Unionist leader.Other documents record detailed meetings with a number of influential UUP...
View ArticleRUC secretly received US guns and spy gear
DESPITE a very public US ban on selling arms to the RUC at the start of the 1980s, the force was secretly continuing to receive American-made weapons, confidential files reveal.Not only was Northern...
View ArticleSDLP will not go into opposition: McDonnell
THE SDLP will not leave the Stormont Executive to enter opposition, leader Alasdair McDonnell has said.Ruling out what some in his party believe is its only hope of revival, the South Belfast MP and...
View ArticleDamaged tanker’s oil transfer delayed again
HIGH winds yesterday led to another delay to an operation to transfer 54,000 tonnes of oil off a damaged tanker anchored in Belfast Lough.The Genmar Companion has been sheltering off the coast of north...
View ArticleFears rise for missing cyclist
VOLUNTEERS have joined police officers in the search for a cyclist who went missing in Co Antrim on New Year’s Day.The man, who is believed to be in his late 40s, left his home in the Ballymena area at...
View ArticleOne of safest ever years on our roads
NORTHERN Ireland has had another exceptionally safe year on the roads, with the second lowest number of road deaths ever.The figures confirm a trend in recent years in which the carnage on Ulster’s...
View ArticleTaking time out to offer the most precious present of all
‘A TIME for giving’ is a festive expression that is often overshadowed by chaotic high streets thronged by last minute shoppers and a general air of sale frenzy, but two people who very much live by...
View ArticleCivil service inquiry over Robinson ‘mole’ fears
IN recent months he has expressed concern at the leaking of information from the Stormont Executive but in 1981 some senior officials believed that Peter Robinson was himself the beneficiary of leaked...
View ArticleBlood clots killed window cleaner after ankle breaks
POLICY over advice given to patients at risk of blood clots has been changed following the death of a 39-year-old man two months after surgery to mend two broken ankles.Brian Cairns, of Carn Drive,...
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