Andy Robinson

Christian, Training Director for South Central Gospel Partnership and @LivingOutOrg. Northerner in exile.

[Andy Robinson @andyscgp]

Good to be in Loughborough speaking on “Union with Christ”. It’s still my favourite theme to teach. The question the Christian asks every morning is “What are Jesus and I going to do together today?” Or Hudson Taylor on this topic- “Think of it. Can Christ be rich and I poor?”

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@RobertJenrick You know what you are doing here and it treats the public with contempt. Deeply disappointing.

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@wesstreeting Really respect this.

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Gethsemane is both unique and a pattern- Gethsemane moments will be part of Christian experience when God’s will for our lives and what we want clash in a way that leaves us in deep pain. How do we respond? We submit to Abba Father and pray that His will would be done.

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Delighted to be preaching Psalm 22 this morning- because it foretells the suffering and triumph of the Messiah and the story of the subsequent centuries. Because the message that has travelled across nations and down through generations is this: He has done it!

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Preaching Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard this morning. This did me good from Lloyd-Jones- “The secret of a happy Christian life is to realise that it is all of grace and to rejoice in that fact.”

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Very much looking forward to preaching back at Woodstock Road this morning. Can’t begin to express how thankful I am for that church.

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A busy day with a church wanting to reflect on Valentine’s weekend but having me as the speaker (ironies abound!). So a morning sermon on the Church as Bride, an afternoon seminar on Jesus, sexuality and identity and an evening preach on 1 Cor 7.

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@danitreweek @BereanHopeful Thanks Dani. And very grateful for the help of your work in preparation.

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Preaching 1 Cor 7 tomorrow. I had forgotten how radical it is. I’m pretty sure Paul is saying that marriage is better than sexual immorality but celibate singleness is better than marriage. Aware that’s provocative and incomplete overall but it seems to me the gist of the text.

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@BereanHopeful Possibly. It depends what Paul means by the present crisis in 1 Cor 7. But it seems to me that most of his argument doesn’t rely on an immediate return.

[Andy Robinson @andyscgp]

Which does mean we should always be asking about anything we do- “Does this have the feel of Jesus about it?”

[Andy Robinson @andyscgp]

Working on the end of Acts. There are so many parallels that Luke draws between Paul and Jesus. (Quite fun spotting them all). At one level that’s about Paul being authentic spokesman. At another it makes the point that all ministry is to be shaped by pattern of Christ.

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“All that God had done through them” (Acts 14:27). I love that as a short-hand definition of what ministry is about.

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And- once again- a misspent youth is now studying for exams rather than playing darts…

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@UKLabour I’m far from a Farage fan but this video means I am much more likely to vote for him than Labour.

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Happiness is a train heading north…

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When you’ve got to make a 90 second video, finally get it nailed and you realise you’ve merely taken a picture of yourself…

[Living Out @LivingOutOrg]

Andy exhorts church leaders to love people enough to be clear on the truth about sexuality, even if they might leave.

https://t.co/dXcPFulG0W

[Andy Robinson @andyscgp]

Not sure I will ever write a book but, if I did, I would love to write something in praise of nuance. I fear it has gone missing in much of our public comment. A Christian view of humanity- created and fallen- should mean that our assessments of most things should be nuanced.