Samuel J. Tunnicliffe

Manager of UK Partnerships for @Ligonier Ministries.
Ministry trainee @IPCEaling.
PhD in how puritanism fell apart.
Posts about: History & Reformed theology.

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

How did the English puritans decline?

Over a period of 80 years, the presbyterians went from almost reforming the whole nation under one confession... to tolerating Unitarian, Arian and Arminian errors & heresies in their own denomination

Book coming

https://t.co/aPiY8GxpjL

[Banner of Truth @banneroftruth]

'What is the chief end of man?'

Dr Chad Van Dixhoorn of @ReformTheoSem starts our journey through the Westminster Shorter Catechism.

Watch: https://t.co/rvoNswyZFG

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

A real blessing to be here at @WSeminaryUK conference on the Glory of Christ - hearing @RevKevDeYoung and really looking forward to @JontyGRhodes & more.

In this beautiful refurbished building - North Gate Hall - a young JI Packer discovered uncut works of John Owen. #thankful

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@MateyYanakiev @EddyEkofo Truth.

I don't know if Wesley would have been able to continue in ministry so straightforwardly following the episode in Savannah, Georgia in an age of social media. Do you know if reports of his dealings with that young woman and his excommunication of her were made public?

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@MateyYanakiev @EddyEkofo Idk man, brother seems like he needed to adapt. Didn't have the greatest example from his own parents tbf

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@EddyEkofo Same bro

[Banner of Truth @banneroftruth]

The Westminster Shorter Catechism was made for Christians longing to go deeper in their faith.

𝐖𝐞���𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, a new, free resource from the Banner, aims to open up the catechism for a new generation.

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@DuncanHollands But if it's Tunnicliffe then it's really a crime not to inform me

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

28% of evangelicals have begun attending church in the past 1-2 years, according to a recent survey.

But do some evangelical beliefs sit uneasily alongside faith in Christ and a belief in the authority of the Bible; what does this mean for the UK church?

https://t.co/Uw1keNvcp9

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@djmaclean1 Yeah get outta here @RHB_Books with your more expensive version which I would of course also buy and appreciate only it was more expensive...

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

Under my wife and children (obviously...) this is one of the most beautiful sights in the world

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@JoshuaPenduck @Marc_Lloyd Not to be too nonconformist about it, since we took have our problems but... Is this an attitude more common in Anglican settings, and if so, why?

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@JoshuaPenduck Never quite understood why this was a felt need from those in education if I'm honest!

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@JonMcK1647 @BRInstitute @TWilliamsAuthor Hope your baby's doing well you little snit x

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@sambostock Haha he was in Edinburgh so the local presbyterians were pretty fine imo

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

What is so bad about thinking we're good?

Surely all people are naturally good - unless they are in bad circumstances, mistreated, or fall in with a bad crowd?

61% of evangelical Christians think this. Up from 49% in 2018

Here's why that is bad news:

https://t.co/kvIAzIi4qh

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

This book was a rare contribution by a presbyterian to a debate which raged in the 1690s between presbyterians and Independents.

Traill came in to support the heritage of John Owen, and this brief book is a clarion call for Calvinism.

One must credit the Scots... on occasion.

[Banner of Truth @banneroftruth]

Today on the Banner Podcast, we talk Robert Traill and his 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑉𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 (1692) with @djmaclean1.

🎧: https://t.co/GKids3WKig

[Matt Bear @_MattBear]

Chad Van Dixhoorn on how hospitality can act as a bulwark against ministerial failure. For so many pastors that fall, it comes out afterwards that no one really knew them — how they were in their private life and with their families.

Pastors: open your homes.
Congregants: encourage your pastors to show more hospitality.

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@FeastOnHisFlesh So I think it's a perfectly valid point, but ultimately the strength of the puritans movement in 1662 rested largely though not entirely with the presbys. This means that how they failed is arguably the central plank. The independents fared better but many still succumbed to same

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

How did the English puritans decline?

Over a period of 80 years, the presbyterians went from almost reforming the whole nation under one confession... to tolerating Unitarian, Arian and Arminian errors & heresies in their own denomination

Book coming

https://t.co/aPiY8GxpjL

[Samuel J. Tunnicliffe @DeadDivines]

@FeastOnHisFlesh So I'd say that of those who left or were forced from the Church of England in 1660-1662, about 70-80% were presbyterian. Largely the congregationalists were either forced out through political pressure prior to '62 or else they left before they were pushed. Some remained though.