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Seeing is believing - or is it?

30/4/2017

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Rev Dr Will Patterson
The old saying, "seeing is believing" is well established. Anything we can see with our own eyes is real; we can depend on it; trust it; rely on it.

Can we see air? Can we see electrons in the electricity wire that powers so much of what we take for granted in our homes and factories? Can we see the electo-magnetic waves above our heads that provide the mobile communications that we all rely so much on? 

We can't see so many things in our world and yet, they are real.

Joy, sadness, heartache, love, the bonds that bind people - all things that can't be seen yet they too are real. We can feel them and know that they are authentic, and have a lasting effect.

So there are things that we can't see and yet are definitely real and that endure.


At the same time there are things that look permanent - our coastline, mountains, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, and our physical bodies - that yet, are in the process of changing and, in fact are in the process of decay.

Paul reminds us that there is faith, hope and love - things we can't see but that are most real and last forever.

Paul said, We do not look at the things that can be seen. We look at the things that cannot be seen. The things that can be seen will come to an end. But the things that cannot be seen will last forever.
2 Corinthians 4: 18
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Let me remind you of the good news!

23/4/2017

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Sam Agnew was the preacher at Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church
Sam Agnew challenged those who are still "stuck at Good Friday"
Dromore man, Sam Agnew was back in our pulpit and lost no time in challenging those who may be “still stuck at Good Friday”!

Sam reiterated the nub of Christianity namely that:

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.  I Corinthians 15: 13, 14

In a world where all knowledge is challenged and “fake news” abounds then, Sam suggested, that there are three possible approaches to any claim to truth:
1 believe straight away
2 refuse to believe until you see it for yourself
3 believe only when backed up with evidence

With regard to the resurrection of Christ, Sam assumed that those who attended church tended to fall within the first group!
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Since it’s not possible for anyone living today to have witnessed the resurrection for themselves, Sam thought it pertinent to consider evidence of the central and crucial claim of Christianity and which he considered to be:
1 the empty tomb
- the Roman authorities could have stopped the spread of Christianity in it’s infancy by producing the body of Jesus. The could not.

2 the evidence of multiple eye-witnesses
- some 515 witnesses, on 12 separate occasions, spread over 40 days

3 changed lives
- after the death of Jesus the disciples had locked themselves away with fear, and yet following their encounter with their risen leader they were transformed into the greatest missionary team the world has ever seen. Each suffered horrible deaths and yet each one could have avoided death if they had said that Jesus was dead. They did not.
Jesus said, “You believe because you have seen me. 
Blessed are those who believe 
 without seeing me.” John 20: 29
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The Power of the Cross

16/4/2017

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Leona Coulter at the piano in Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church
Leona Coulter
Church organist, Leona Coulter and the choir performed, "The Power of the Cross" at out Easter Sunday Service 2017. You can listen to it again, here.
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Easter Eggs

16/4/2017

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Congregation at Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church
Easter Egg-citement!
Thank you to Poole's Supervalu Dromore, Dromore for generously supplying Easter gifts to all Sunday School members - and teachers. Even a bit of rain couldn't dampen the excitement of Kaitlyn, Abigail and Rachel!
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Soup Lunch

13/4/2017

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Following our Palm Sunday Service, Rev Mike O'Sullivan and his wife, Kaye, joined us for a light lunch in aid of Muscular Dystrophy NI and served by the Women's League.
Photos: Roderick McMurray
The church would wish to thank the ladies of the Women's League for all their hard work and effort - and the ladies of the Women's League would wish to thank everyone who attend for their generosity. £560 was raised for Muscular Dystrophy NI.
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Church isn't always dull!

3/4/2017

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Congregation at Dromore Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church
The Wilson Family

The Wilson family are a lively, fun lot! At the beginning of September the family pew is full of anticipation for the start of the Sunday School year. Our pew allows a great view of all the children when they come down to the front for the Children's Address and I love watching all the faces and expressions.

Little Scott is so funny as he listens to the minister one minute and then loses concentration the next; Dylan looks after Scott while trying to pay attention to the minister and answer any questions; Ella is so calm and lady-like.

I suspect that Shelly and Wayne sit back and relax a little when they all go out to Sunday School!

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