Robert Strivens

Pastor, Bradford-on-Avon Baptist Church
Bible, theology, history
Puritans, 18th century Dissent & revivals
1689 Baptist Confession of Faith

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@AJWTheology It's worse than that annoying paperclip that used to appear - at least that seemed to know it knew nothing.

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Delightful to be able to host @holland_tom & @DrPJWilliams in conversation last night on Jesus & History.

Available soon on video at https://t.co/MacJMIOPb8

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"What happens during the first full week of January is still uncertain."

Indeed.

[Met Office @metoffice]

Cold arctic air from the north will bring snow showers for some to start the new year. What happens during the first full week of January is still uncertain.

Find out more in this week’s 10 Day Trend with Alex Burkill 👇

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@SeaSkyCraster Happy Christmas. Thanks for the pictures. Always refreshing.

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@robinbarfield78 @NotThatRBaxter He'll have to brie quick if he wants a happy gru yere

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@danjohnsonhymns You raise some important questions, Dan. Like you, I find it difficult to understand the benefits that a TGC UK would bring. I would not put some things as strongly as you do. But I do firmly believe that our church life, order and practice are in urgent need of reformation.

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@AdamMerrivale Who is Mariah Carey?

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John Adams (1774) “Representative government and trial by jury are the heart and lungs of liberty.”

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William Blackstone (1765–1769) “The trial by jury ever has been, and I trust ever will be, looked upon as the glory and the great privilege of Englishmen… a strong and noble barrier against the tyranny of magistrates and judges.” — Commentaries on the Laws of England, IV, ch 27

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@DrFrancisYoung You certainly need an entire unit to catch them.

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'The Church cannot practise the Lord's Command given by the Apostle ... though they Sing Hymns and Spiritual Songs, unless they also Sing Psalms'.

Hanserd Knollys, 'The World That Now Is', 1681

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The Banner is prayerfully seeking a new Chief Operating Officer to lead the ministry forward when our General Manager retires.

Could this be you? Or do you know someone who might be suitable for the role?

Job advertisement: https://t.co/zLrwt8D7HR

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*'World'

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‘Conversion is that part of God’s workmanship upon a Sinner’s Soul, wherein God doth first change the whole Man from the sinful similitude of Adam, into the Image of Jesus Christ’

Knollys, 'Word That Now Is', 1681

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‘Gospel-Order is a great Beauty and Ornament to the Church’, which ‘makes very much for the Well-Being of the Church’.

Knollys, 'The World That Now Is', 1681

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‘One Reason why there are so few true Converts in this our Day and Generation, is because the Ministers of the Gospel do not labour in the Word and Doctrine of a thorow Gospel-Conviction.’

Hanserd Knollys, 'The Word That Now Is', 1681

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Classic Bob Letham:
'spiritual warfare consists primarily in persuasion, in the subverting of godless arguments (2 Cor. 10:1-6); it begins in the library.'

'The Holy Spirit', p. 200

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'[Christ's] person is dignified with every excellency, divine and human; and his work includes every requisite, for the complete salvation of our guilty souls.'

Abraham Booth, 'The Reign of Grace'

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'Thus grace, that very grace which provided and brings salvation; is the master which teaches; is the motive which induces, and the sovereign, in the heart of a believer, that sweetly constrains him to deny himself, and to walk in the ways of holiness.'

Booth, 'Reign of Grace'