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We are a gathering of believers united in our love for Christ, where all are welcome to come and join us for worship, where we hear the Word of God preached faithfully. We confess the Reformed Faith as outlined in the 1689 Baptist Confession, holding to holy scripture as the only certain rule of faith and practice and seeking to glorify God in the town of Ramsbottom.
IRBS UK Study Week, Acts and the Pauline Epistes with Dr Timothy Decker
IRBS UK is pleased to have Dr Timothy Decker to teach “Acts and the Pauline Epistes” September 23rd to 27th to the students here in the UK, and all visitors are welcome to join.
This course treats the genre, background, authorship, date, recipients and contents of Acts and the Pauline Epistles. It shows the relationship between the Gospel of Luke and Acts. It defines the function of both Acts and the Pauline Epistles within the New Testament and the entire canon of Scripture and introduces the student to the use of the Old Testament in these books.
Spaces are limited in order to facilitate discussion and personal engagement in the classes, so be sure to make your booking as soon as possible to secure your place.
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The Honour Of Being God’s Servant
Moses, the great leader of God’s people in the Old Testament, was characterised above all by his meekness. His brave leadership in exceedingly testing circumstances was marked neither by harshness nor self-aggrandizing. Although it subverts worldly ideas of what a strong leader looks like, those who want to be the greatest in Christ’s church have to be servants, and serve God by serving others. Many things are fixed on in the world, as things which commend people after their death, according to the diversity of their lives. Some have been commended for their honour, some their courage, some their wisdom, some their riches. Where there is a concatenation of these, how eminently commendable that person must be! Well, in spending your life in service to God, a multitude of these concur. How deservedly then is a servant of God commended!
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Geoffrey Muketi Internship Report September 2024
As usual, in the second week of this month, we travelled back to Nairobi for TPC classes. I thank God for the safe journey – TO and FRO. Our lecturer Tom Hicks, took us through Unit F – The Doctrine of Man and Sin. We had a good time together with him, since he was friendly, and patiently answered our many questions. It was interesting to me to notice the creation of man which was very distinct from other creatures, we were also abled to know the different WILLS – of Adam before the fall (innocence), after the fall as our representative (sinful will), and the two wills of Christ – the divine and human will. We considered also, about the total depravity of man, and other many helpful things.
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Understanding the Cry of Dereliction
God gave up his own Son as a ransom for us—the holy one for the unjust, the innocent for the guilty, the righteous one for the unrighteous, the incorruptible for the corruptible, the immortal for the mortal. For what else could cover our sins except his righteousness?… O sweet exchange! O unfathomable work of God! The sinfulness of many is hidden in the Righteous One, while the righteousness of the One justifies the many that are sinners.
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Imprisoned Iranian Christian woman in ‘very bad condition’
A Christian woman held without charge in Iran since September 9 wept uncontrollably during the five minutes her mother was allowed to visit her last Monday, a relative said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps arrested Mojdeh Falahi, aged 36, a convert from Islam, when she went to the prosecutor’s office in Shiraz at the request of a Christian who had been arrested the previous day and told her he needed documents in order to be released, Morning Star News (MSN) reported.
Please pray for Mojdeh, who has been transferred to the Pelak-e 100 Detention Centre, a prison run by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence, according to Sam Khosravi, Falahi’s brother-in-law.
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APC Northern Nigeria September 2024
The African Pastor’s Conference in Northern Nigeria this September opened in Kano State, one of the
North Eastern States in Nigeria and one of the states in which Christians are being persecuted the
most. The conference in Kano was held between 13th and 14th September, 2024 with 161
delegates in attendance. Some of the delegates interviewed after the conference expressed their joy
and gladness for the privilege to be trained as several of them have not had any formal theological
training. They were also thankful for the gift books as well as the highly subsidized books made
available to them in the course of the conference.
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The Global Flood Explains Amber Deposits And Fossils
Amber is hard, brittle fossil resin, mostly from coniferous trees (fig. 1). It is usually yellow to brown and is translucent or transparent. Amber is an organic gemstone and has been used as jewellery since early man first occupied Europe (fig. 2).1
Upon rubbing amber, it becomes electrically charged and attracts other objects. Because of this, the Greek word for amber (elektron) became the root for words such as electricity and electron. Amber burns with a fragrant incense when ignited. Thus the German word for amber, Bernstein, and the Dutch barnsteen, from ‘burning stone’. The English word comes from Arabic anbar.
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MPs to consider ‘dangerous and ideological’ assisted suicide Bill
The House of Commons is expected to vote on legalising assisted suicide in the coming weeks.
Labour MP Kim Leadbeater is set to formally introduce her Private Member’s Bill on 16 October. Although the details have not been finalised, she said her proposals would allow those deemed to be terminally ill to receive help to kill themselves.
The Prime Minister has pledged to allow parliamentary time to consider a Private Member’s Bill on assisted suicide. The House of Commons last voted on the issue in 2015, when MPs overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to introduce assisted suicide by 330 votes to 118.
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IRBS News October 2024
James Renihan writes: Greetings in the Savior's Name. It is wonderful to write to
you again and to thank you for your support for the work
of IRBS. We are thrilled at what the Lord is doing.
Recently, we admitted our 100th student, and more have
applied since. Our plans for the January and Spring terms
are coming together very nicely. Two Spurgeon scholars,
Drs. Ed Romine and Brandon Rhea will be offering an
elective course on aspects of Spurgeon's thought January
13-16, and our biennial missions course will again be
offered on the Radius International campus in Tijuana,
Mexico during the week of January 27-31. These January
courses will lead into our regular semester schedule
beginning in February. Praise the Lord!
Thank you for your prayers and your support. Great things
are happening!
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Fiaz Anwar Pakistan Update September 2024
The Broken Wharf Mission in Pakistan began in August 2023. The first project was the
translation of the book "Christian Basics." This book was highly appreciated, and
several schools and churches acquired it. In many schools, this book is being used as
part of the curriculum. After "Christian Basics," the book "Milk for Little Ones" was
translated into Urdu. This book was greatly liked in Pakistan, and not only churches
and schools but also parents showed their eagerness to obtain it. The representative
of the Pakistan mission, Fiaz Masih, has distributed this book in several cities across
Pakistan.
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Lessons In The School Of Church Discipline
I’m convinced that love is the key to faithfully practicing church discipline.
I’ll confess it is hard for me to love hardened sinners who have destroyed their consciences and refuse to listen to the truth. It’s hard for me to feel genuine compassion for someone who is abusing his family. But it’s only hard because of the remaining sin in my own heart. When I see my own sin and realize that I could be just as hard-hearted as the worst of sinners, and when I see that the only thing keeping me from unrepentant sin is God’s great grace toward me in Christ, only then can I speak the truth in genuine love and sincerely feel compassion and longing for the souls of hardened sinners. Christ calls pastors to be loving shepherds who deal firmly with those who endanger the flock, but always to do so while bearing the fruit of the Spirit: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control, just as Jesus did, while He hung on the cross.
The Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
In 2011 we made the decision to officially adopt the Second London Baptist Confession (1689) as our confession of faith. We exhort you to read it.
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