World News and Trends: Northern Irish peace also in jeopardy
The situation in Northern Ireland fares no better than that of the Middle East.
The situation in Northern Ireland fares no better than that of the Middle East. One local politician observed: "In all my years I have never seen so much bitterness and hatred on both sides." Writer David McKittrick surveyed the bleak political landscape and titled his article "Ulster: Back to Square One." Mr. McKittrick quotes a 16th-century English civil servant: "It is a proverb of old date, that the pride of France, the treason of England, and the war of Ireland, shall never have end. Which proverb, touching the war of Ireland, is like[ly] alway[s] to continue, without God set in men's breasts to find some new remedy that was never found before" (emphasis ours). (Source: The Independent.) The Bible makes clear that this new remedy will be found. The inhabitants of Jerusalem and Northern Ireland will one day lay aside their arms and embrace their former enemies as brothers (Isaiah 2:1-4; Micah 4:1-4).
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Good News Magazine: November - December 1996
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Scott Ashley
Scott Ashley was managing editor of Beyond Today magazine, United Church of God booklets and its printed Bible Study Course until his retirement in 2023. He also pastored three congregations in Colorado for 10 years from 2011-2021. He and his wife, Connie, live near Denver, Colorado.
Mr. Ashley attended Ambassador College in Big Sandy, Texas, graduating in 1976 with a theology major and minors in journalism and speech. It was there that he first became interested in publishing, an industry in which he worked for 50 years.
During his career, he has worked for several publishing companies in various capacities. He was employed by the United Church of God from 1995-2023, overseeing the planning, writing, editing, reviewing and production of Beyond Today magazine, several dozen booklets/study guides and a Bible study course covering major biblical teachings. His special interests are the Bible, archaeology, biblical culture, history and the Middle East.
