Chris Hawthorne

Pastor at Abbey Baptist Church, Abingdon, UK

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

@DanRhysJames ... my red blanket - kills it on the cross, so it is thrown away) so that we may be made the righteousness of God (gives me white blanket - his righteousness, justified by his resurrection, while retaining his righteousness - 2nd white blanket). 2/2

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

@DanRhysJames How about double imputation with three blankets? Two white one red. Two volunteers, one me the other Jesus. Jesus has two white blankets, I have one red. Red represents my sin, white his righteousness. 2Cor5:21 He who knew no sin (white blanket) was made to be sin (takes... 1/2

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

@DanRhysJames Living with eternity in mind, using a long rope and a marker. Mark up a very short part of one end: That's the length of your life. The rest of the rope represents eternity. Is it wise to live for the little bit at the start or for eternity. (Got from someone, not sure who!)

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

Sunday's Coming!
https://t.co/aCAziPz6N0
Be great to see you at Abbey Baptist Church, Abingdon, as we celebrate the resurrection of the Lord Jesus together! 10:30 start. All age service.

[challies @challies]

A Message for Young Men

Somewhere out there in the great, wide world, someone is praying for you. He probably doesn't know you and you probably don't know him. You may not meet one another for many more years. But he's praying for you nonetheless and has been for a very long time.

He is the father of a daughter. He is the proud father of a daughter who is very precious to him—more precious than anything he owns, more precious than anything he has ever done, ever made, ever accomplished, more precious than his very life.

She is so precious that if he gained all the riches of this world but lost her heart along the way, he'd consider himself an abject failure.

This father knows that a time is coming when a young man will approach him and ask for permission to marry his daughter. He knows that a time is coming when a young man will insist that it is in his daughter's best interests if she leaves her father and mother and is joined to him instead.

From the day he welcomed his precious little daughter into the world, he knew that he would at some point entrust her to another man. And so he began to pray. From the day his heart became so deeply bound to hers, he knew hers would someday become bound to someone else's. And so he began to pray all the more earnestly.

He prayed that this young man would come to saving faith, that he would grow in holiness, that he would become a capable provider, that he would grow in godly character.

Ultimately he prayed that this young man would prove worthy of his daughter—that he would know her to be as precious as she actually is and that he would treat her with all the love and dignity she deserves.

This is an interesting thought, isn't it? It is an interesting thought, and an encouraging one, that since you were tiny, this man has been praying for you. He has been praying for you without knowing who you are or when he would meet you.

It now falls to you, young man, to be worthy—as worthy as any man can be to receive from his hand what he counts more precious than jewels, more valuable than his own heart, of greater worth than his own name and even his own life. It falls to you to be God's answer to a father's prayers.

[Philip Hunt 🇿🇲 @zambiahunt]

God's church is planted with the assumption that leaders will be raised within it. Therefore, as
pastors move on, we should already have elders in place who can continue the church's work. In Africa, there is a tendency for missionaries to over-strategize and over-plan for church planting. However, investing in raising leaders with a heart and passion for ministry will guarantee a continual flow of competent leaders, whom God will burden and the church will support. These are the men who should be sent out to start Bible studies, plant churches, and pastor congregations. We need to be quick, thoughtful, and prayerful in encouraging men who come with a burden for a place and its people. Although not every church plant will take root, we should not fear failure and be willing to attempt great things for God.

[𝘼𝙨𝙝 𝘾𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙝𝙖𝙢 @MrAshCunningham]

Every year I wait until I see this meme pop up, then post my response.

I LOVE mythology, and have done since I was a wee boy. Whoever made this has no love of mythology, only of lies.

This is largely a repeat of things I’ve written before, tidied up & reformatted for Twitter
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[Chris Howles @ChrisHowles]

Books to help us understand the intersection of migration, mission, and global Christianity. There are few more important topics in 21st century Christianity..

[David Shaw @_David_Shaw]

G.K. Chesterton predictably and wonderfully quotable on the modern world:

“In most modern people there is a battle between the new opinions, which they do not follow out to their end, and the old traditions, which they do not trace back to their beginning”

[Chris Howles @ChrisHowles]

Important job here: Principal & CEO of All Nations Christian College. Very significant role in the UK missions world. Do be praying for the right person.

[Chris Howles @ChrisHowles]

Uganda is remarkable.

[Maurice McCracken @Mos_aic]

This change of policy is causing big problems for many of our friends. No one can find somewhere to live in 7 days. Especially with little English and no bank account.

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

We had an excellent first evening of November Night Questions on Sunday. You can listen to the talk here: https://t.co/Gz08u0Atso

[Peter Hitchens @ClarkeMicah]

Jonathan Sumption: Why the Covid inquiry is a farce

https://t.co/FTJIwtwaI5

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

@ChrisHowles My dad was a significant part of getting the bay set up as a nature reserve! Glad you had a good time. Nothing like rock pooling!

[Mark Pickett @DrMarkPickett]

Interesting study. Needs to be contextualised to UK, where, surely there is even more discomfort in raising support. Supporters also need to recognise the hidden costs that are often only discovered after arrival or even on returning home.

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

@DavidJSkull @Lifeway Dave, do you prefer CSB? If so a quick summary of reasons would be interesting...

[Chris Hawthorne @chawth]

@ChrisHowles That's a hard landing. Praying.