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Study 4: Open Rebellion (1:18-32)
This study looks into the depravity of the human heart as it manifests itself in open rebellion against God. The subject is aligned with the Framework of Sovereign Grace, demonstrating where Paul's teachings fit within the masterplan of God for the ages.
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The Articles Of Faith For The Strict Baptist Chapel At Carlton, Bedford
The church of Christ meeting at Carlton, Bedford came together in 1672, when Gideon Fisher’s house was licensed for Congregational worship. In 1760, the congregation moved to a new chapel in Causeway with a seating capacity of 700 people. The late Kenneth Dix, chairman for the Strict Baptist Historical Society, served as pastor for this church between the years 1967 and…
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The Life And Ministry Of Hanserd Knollys
Hanserd Knollys, Baptist. The precise spot of ground where rest the remains of this eminent man of God, cannot now be pointed out. He died Sept. 19th, 1691, in the 93rd year of his age. Hanserd Knollys was born about the year 1598, at Chalkwell, in Lincolnshire. He had the advantage of descending from religious parents, who took great care…
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The Life And Ministry Of James Wells
When Dr. Hamilton handed to the printer in his study the last sheet of his "Life of Ely," he said, "And let me beg of you to be quick about it, sir, for ministers are soon forgotten!" This remark is painfully true in many cases, not only of ministers, but of persons in general. However, the remembrance we have of…
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The Life And Ministry Of George Harris
I was born in the village of Grundisburgh, Suffolk, on the 3rd day of June, 1814—I think, sixteen years after the Particular Baptist Church was formed in that place; and in the providence of God, one of the members of that Church, of the name of Stripling, nursed my mother, who carried me to chapel when I was only a…
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June 12—Morning Devotion
"And confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth."—Hebrews 11:13 My soul, hast thou also witnessed this confession before many witnesses? See whether thou hast the same evidences they had. In the first place, they were led to see that here they had no continuing city. Sin, sorrow, sickness, death, inhabited this region. Every thing said to them…