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Benjamin John retweeted
"Perhaps the starkest truth for Christians to dwell on is this: assisted suicide does not end suffering for non-Christians. Rather, it signifies an eternity separated from God."
@benjamin_john reflects on the false gospel of assisted suicide and the myth of 'autonomy' of life and death.
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Benjamin John retweeted
'If we say it is okay for doctors to kill patients, that is going to shape our culture and our values.'
@benjamin_john spoke about our display outside the Senedd in Cardiff, as Welsh parliamentarians debated a motion to back assisted suicide. Praise God that they rejected it.
Benjamin John retweeted
Plea to all who oppose #AssistedSuicide:
"Assisted Dying" is a euphemism which seeks to mask what is at stake. The proposed law is to permit one person to end another's life. This is about killing, not dying.
Don't do the apologists' work for them by using their words.
Benjamin John retweeted
I'm at the Court of Appeal to watch the Higgs v Farmor's School case.
#KristieHiggs
You can watch it on livestream or follow @tribunaltweets
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Benjamin John retweeted
We just watched this as @IPCEaling staff. It is outstanding, makes me want Sunday to come!
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John Calvin commenting on Psalm 139:16:
“The embryo, when first conceived in the womb, has no form; and David speaks of God’s having known him when he was yet a shapeless mass, to kuema, as the Greeks term it; for to embruon is the name given to the fetus from the time of conception to birth inclusive. The argument is from the greater to the less. If he was known to God before he had grown to certain definite shape, much less could he now elude his observation.”
According to Calvin, we are human persons—known by God our Creator and objects of his remembrance—from the moment of conception. This is why Calvin, commenting on Exodus 21:22, says that “the fetus, though enclosed in the womb, is already a human being (homo), and it is almost a monstrous crime to rob it of life which it has yet begun to enjoy.” He continues: “If it seems more horrible to kill a man in his own house than in a field, because a man’s house is his place of most secure refuge, it ought surely to be deemed more atrocious to destroy a fetus in the womb before it has come to light.”
I’m grateful that those in the Calvinist tradition are not left without clear and firm guidance on this important, life-and-death issue.
Benjamin John retweeted
To All the Parents Who Embrace Covenant Theology, Don't be too discouraged by any season of your child's life. I've been walking with covenant kids for 25+ years and I've seen what happens, long-term, when they experienced Deut 6:4-6 as children. God is faithful!
Benjamin John retweeted
VINDICATED BUT STILL BLACKLISTED: The Archbishop of Canterbury, @JustinWelby ‘misunderstood the scope of his powers’, a senior Church legal officer for clergy discipline has found, after he repeatedly tried to block a serious complaint of misconduct being investigated over a bishop blacklisting an ordained @churchofengland chaplain.
The story exposes how Justin Welby and the Bishop of Derby, Rt. Rev Libby Lane have repeatedly misused safeguarding processes to uphold an illegitimate ban on Dr Bernard Randall’s ministry.
After giving a sermon in a CofE chapel in a school with a CofE ethos which reflected the CofE's teaching on marriage, Dr Randall was reported to Prevent and eventually sacked.
Worse was to follow, however, when the Derby diocese’s safeguarding team, under the watch of the bishop, blacklisted him as a safeguarding risk to children because of his orthodox Christian beliefs.
No evidence has ever been produced that Bernard is a risk or that he has done anything wrong. It has been revealed that the diocese departed from official guidance without explaining why and even concluded that the Bible's teaching itself is a 'risk-factor.'
Bernard has not given a sermon or worked in church ministry since.
Now it’s been revealed that Gregory Jones KC, acting on behalf of the President of Tribunals, has said that the Archbishop of Canterbury was ‘plainly wrong’ to dismiss Bernard’s subsequent complaint over how the safeguarding process was handled.
The President of Tribunals, Dame Sarah Asplin then said that the safeguarding procedure used against Bernard was "flawed" and “highly unsatisfactory”.
Six months later, Bernard has still not been contacted by the Bishop of Derby and there is no sign of him being given his licence back.
This has made it impossible for Bernard to continue working as a chaplain or in other Christian ministry and he has been unfairly forced into finding other work to support his family.
It’s time for the Church of England to give Bernard his life back. He’s been punished for nothing more than upholding his Christian beliefs, which are fully in accordance with Church of England doctrine.
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Benjamin John retweeted
To misquote Moody, I like the way @BrephosUK shares a pro-life message better than the way evangelical establishment doesn't. And this whole incident has rather proved their point.
Benjamin John retweeted
We shouldn't kill people or help them kill themselves.
There are lots of true slippery slope arguments against euthanasia and assisted suicide (wrongly called 'assisted dying'), but it would be wrong even if we devised perfect, robust 'safeguards'.
Benjamin John retweeted
If your hope is that the new political landscape will stick up for vulnerable people, you better be hoping the Labour Party doesn't push through up to birth abortion and assisted suicide.
Benjamin John retweeted
Prof Sir John Curtice lays out some brutal facts to put this Labour landslide into perspective:
— Labour’s vote share in England has *stayed the same* since the last election
— Most of the Tory losses are explained by former Tory voters choosing Reform
— Keir Starmer has won fewer votes than Jeremy Corbyn did in 2017
“In many ways, this looks more like an election the Conservatives have lost than one Labour have won.”
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Benjamin John retweeted
Here is a round-up of all the manifestos our head of public policy @TDieppe has unpacked, including those of the Conservative, Labour, Reform, Green, Heritage, Social Democratic, Scottish National, Plaid Cymru, Democratic Unionist parties and more.
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Benjamin John retweeted
People want utopia on earth, not prudence, and politicians are there to offer the utopian dreams that itching ears want to hear.
Benjamin John retweeted
Oh dear, oh dear. The old "we may open the books and discover the situation is even worse..."
The books are wide open, fully transparent. That really won't wash...
Benjamin John retweeted
Liberal Democrats' Manifesto - a Christian assessment
Our Head of Public Policy @TDieppe reacts to the Liberal Democrats' manifesto.
Benjamin John retweeted
ELECTION PRAYER:
Join us tomorrow, 12:30-13:00, as we pray for Jesus to be put at the heart of our nation.
Ahead of the UK General Election, Christians do not simply need to work out who to vote for - we need to pray.
Will you pray with us?
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Benjamin John retweeted
This is my nutshell for why I can't fathom Christians voting Labour.
The uniparty is real - little daylight between Con/Lab on major policies + both peopled by scoundrels.
But Labour will double down on culture war stuff that will directly harm us Christians + our neighbours.
Benjamin John retweeted
We've launched a petition to object to the mass display of over 300 Progress Pride flags on Regent Street, which is divisive and promotes transgender ideology that is especially damaging for children.
Will you add your signature to it?
citizengo.org/en-gb/ot/13159
Benjamin John retweeted
Daily cheerfulness, courtesy and politeness are a mark of wisdom. No matter what is going on in the world, the living God is still in control. Fear, anxiety & the doom-loop are marks of unbelief, for we don't hold the future. Throw in laughter and some wine - all good medicine.