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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...

Paul Coulter
Aug 18, 20222 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Aug 5, 20226 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Jul 29, 20224 min read
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Have no fear!
Coronavirus! War in Europe! Cost of living crisis! Heatwaves and climate change! Monkeypox! It seems that the headlines are never free...

Paul Coulter
Jul 24, 20223 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Jul 3, 20225 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Jun 19, 20225 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Jun 10, 20225 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
May 8, 20227 min read
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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). ...

Paul Coulter
Apr 24, 20227 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Apr 10, 20225 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Apr 1, 202210 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Mar 18, 20226 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Mar 12, 20227 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Mar 4, 20223 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Feb 11, 20225 min read
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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...

Paul Coulter
Jul 1, 20165 min read
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Our children and sex – what kind of society do we want?
I was shocked and disturbed to read last week an article on the BBC News website entitled, ‘Pornography addiction worry’ for tenth of 12...

Paul Coulter
Apr 6, 20155 min read
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Conscience and that Cake!
I have been watching the Ashers ‘equality’ story unfolding for some time, but only now have I decided to go public with my views on this...

Paul Coulter
Mar 26, 20155 min read
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Parental pride?
Where does parental pride slip over into real pride (you know, the really bad ‘deadly sin’ kind)? I sat in my son’s BB (Boys’ Brigade)...

Paul Coulter
Mar 24, 20152 min read
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