0% loans?
If any earthly deal sounds too good to be true you can safely presume that it is.

I agree that "The ministry, on the other hand demands uncompromising adherence to the Word of God no matter what the cost."
However, I disagree that the real problem here is the inevitable compromises of political involvement. Rather the problem can be clearly attributed to theological concerns and as such we should all take the time to examine ourselves and our own churches.

For the second time in 3 months we have heard directly from the mouth of Ian Paisley's own household the most awful and banal and unbiblical theological justification of his political actions. This time "Kyle Paisley" reputedly informs us that Ian Paisley, his father, in his political actions is untouchable as a faithful prophet.

SGM, if it is really Kyle Paisley writing, that's a theological and ecclesiastical problem rather than a political one. And it is a problem that evidently infects Reformed Baptist circles just as much as it does the FPC or Rome or whoever.

No, the Judge should not. She was not found guilty of murder (of any degree) by the jury.

"Prosecutors had pursued a murder charge against Winkler, 33, but jurors convicted her of the lesser count of voluntary manslaughter in April."

Could it be
Creation Museum Opens in Canada with Less $$ than U.S.?

Agreed that such parachurch organisations do not have biblical authority. However, it remains very sad to see Christian organisations filing lawsuit against Christian organisations.

This passage in the article concerned me as well regarding authority. An excommunication from what? the CMI organisation? or a church? It's unclear.
"According to Mr Briese's report, the campaign last year also involved John Mackay, a former associate of Mr Ham in Queensland, who was excommunicated in the 1980s after making allegations of witchcraft and necrophilia against a fellow member of the ministry."

Note also that Jesus was a very popular choice in The Times study too coming in at #4.

And is their sinful inability to live up to their sinless namesake any the less "unfortunate" because we have desensitised the name for our western ears?

The multiple spellings of Mohammed's name that have been aggregated could also be applied to some of the English diminutives that appear separately in the list - a selective agenda perhaps?
I'm surprised Mahmood didn't make the grade .....

Did Christ disobey Christ when he neglected to explicitly reject the oath he was placed under?

For the most part I agree.

I think there is a difference between voluntarily and unnecessarily choosing to make an oath when under no legal compulsion and being compelled to do so by force of law.

Christ himself was placed under an oath (Mt 26:63) and responded with a truthful answer that so incensed his accuser he tore his robes and accused him of blasphemy. We must follow Christ's example and likewise comply when forced by rule of law to do so.

But we should rejoice when the the civil magistrate has enabled a simple affirmation in accordance with Christ's injuction to let our yes be yes, and our no, no.

If the Holy Spirit working upon conscience doesn't compel a *professing* Christian to speak the truth then no amount of oaths or bibles will make any difference.