{"id":1356,"count":2,"description":"John Stevens (1776-1847) was a Strict and Particular Baptist preacher. In 1811 he was appointed pastor of the church meeting at Grafton Street, London. He is the author of \u201cHelp For The True Disciples Of Immanuel\u201d, a work which uproots the pernicious teachings of Andrew Fuller. However, throughout the course of his ministry, he entertained some dangerous ideas. Foremost was the notion that the human nature of Christ is pre-existent, a position that cannot be maintained scripturally or logically. In 1809, he also published \u201cDoctrinal Antinomianism Refuted, And The Old Law Established In A New Relation.\u201d This book was written in opposition to William Gadsby\u2019s position that the gospel is the rule of conduct for the believer\u2019s life, not the moral law. However, rather than overthrowing Gadsby\u2019s teachings, he wound up undermining the gospel he sought to defend. Nevertheless, in the whole, Stevens \u201cwas an unflinching advocate for the doctrines of grace\u201d.\r\n","link":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/category\/john-stevens\/","name":"John Stevens","slug":"john-stevens","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/1356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.baptists.net\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=1356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}