Paul Coulter
Planetary Defenders and Good News People!
This week I joined Esther Higham on her Inspirational Breakfast show on Premier Radio for the ‘news review’ segment. As first time...
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Paul Coulter
- Sep 23
- 6 min
Minority Report: Catholics outnumber Protestants in Northern Ireland
One of the big news stories in Northern Ireland this week was that the Census 2021 figures reveal that, for the first time since the...
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Paul Coulter
- Sep 1
- 11 min
Falsely accused! What to do?
Have you ever been falsely accused? I suppose if you’re old enough to read this post, you almost certainly have been. Maybe only in small...
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Paul Coulter
- Aug 25
- 5 min
Trouble Ahead: be prepared!
In recent weeks the news has been full of gloomy predictions about what lies in store for the people of the UK over coming months. The...
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Paul Coulter
- Aug 18
- 2 min
The Art of Healthcare: in the footsteps of the Great Physician
I’ve had a quiet week. All but one of my staff colleagues in Living Leadership were on annual leave and I needed to recover from an...
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Paul Coulter
- Aug 5
- 6 min
No Alternative? NI Murders Past & Present
With many others in Northern Ireland, I was dismayed, although not surprised, this week by comments from Michelle O’Neill, deputy...
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Paul Coulter
- Jul 29
- 4 min
Does LGBTQIA spell 'confused'?
In just one week four stories relating to LGBTQIA issues have been in the new headlines: Managers of an Australian rugby team who...
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Paul Coulter
- Jul 24
- 3 min
Have no fear!
Coronavirus! War in Europe! Cost of living crisis! Heatwaves and climate change! Monkeypox! It seems that the headlines are never free...
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Paul Coulter
- Jul 3
- 5 min
Salacious or Salty?
This morning in Finaghy Baptist, our pastor Gary was preaching from Matthew 5 verses 13 to 17, in which Jesus tells us as His followers...
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Paul Coulter
- Jun 19
- 5 min
Parliamentary Ethics and Military in Essex
As I drove home yesterday (Saturday) from one of those ‘taxi service of Dad’ runs we parents of teenaged children regularly offer, Any...
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Paul Coulter
- Jun 10
- 5 min
Crown &Conscience, Awards & Abortions
As the United Kingdom was preparing to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, I found myself caught in confusion. This...
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Paul Coulter
- May 8
- 7 min
A seismic change? Northern Ireland politics and the real world
I don’t often blog about politics in Northern Ireland. It’s a sure way to lose friends locally and confuse readers more widely. I...
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Paul Coulter
- Apr 24
- 7 min
Abortion should not be 'a silent topic'
So reads a BBC News headline published this week, quoting Audrey Diwan, the director of Happening (L'événement in the original French). ...
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Paul Coulter
- Apr 10
- 5 min
Marriage: Christian covenant or contract of convenience?
Two changes to marriage law in the UK have been discussed in the media during this past week. One concerns when marriages can start, the...
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Paul Coulter
- Apr 1
- 10 min
Is the end nigh? Wars and rumours of wars
This Sunday I will be preaching in Ballymena on Mark 13. That chapter was assigned to me as part of a series the church I am visiting is...
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Paul Coulter
- Mar 18
- 6 min
From every language ...
This week I have been privileged to be in Romania (specifically in Transylvania) to help serve a gathering of Christian leaders from...
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Paul Coulter
- Mar 12
- 7 min
War in Ukraine: How should we pray?
A simple combination of colours caught my eye in multiple places today. I opened my phone to find that the Microsoft Launcher wallpaper...
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Paul Coulter
- Mar 4
- 3 min
When the nations rage
The nations are raging. I'm sure, like me, you've been distressed to see on your TV or mobile screen the scenes of conflict from...
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Paul Coulter
- Feb 11
- 5 min
We CAN still connect
Anyone fed up with masks? As gospel people we should recognise the dangers of masks of both the physical and the psychological types. We...
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Paul Coulter
- Jul 1, 2016
- 5 min
Brexit and the Sovereignty of God
One week on from the momentous vote and a single word captures the mood of the nation: ‘uncertainty’. Uncertainty about future...
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