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Martin Saxby
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Passionate for Jesus & His church. Husband, father, member Rugby Elim. Inspired by Bible, enabled by Holy Spirit. Orthodox retired CofE Vicar, Bishop’s Officer for Retired Clergy @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social
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Claudia’s quote of tonight:

“They’re dead, they’ll be alright”

#traitors #bbc #claudia
January 15, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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It’s important that people in the UK hear the voice of reasonable Americans like my friend David and do not get taken in by all the lies, “noise” and gaslighting emanating from Trump and his entourage.
#trump #ICE #murder #authoritarian
January 11, 2026 at 4:32 PM
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#jesus #bible #spirituality #faith #cofe
How did Gen Z become the most religious generation alive?
Data shows Gen Z believe in a higher power more than any other generation - and Christian influencers have told Sky News what they think the change is down to.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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God sees you
God knows you
God calls you
January 11, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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The last year has seen a surge in the sale of bibles, especially to young people. This parallels the uptake in church attendance. In our fractured world people are seeking spiritual truth and finding it in Jesus.
#bible #Jesus #CofE #truth #spirituality

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‘It’s younger people seeking some sort of spirituality’: UK Bible sales reach record high
Surge in 2025 sales correlates with the growth in church attendances in England and Wales, research shows
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January 10, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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It was a real joy to join Rugby Elim church for their carol service this evening. Thank you for inviting me.
December 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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a happy new year greeting card with gold numbers 2026
ALT: a happy new year greeting card with gold numbers 2026
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December 31, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇺🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇮🇸🇪🇫🇷🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇳🇱🇫🇮🇨🇭🇳🇴🇲🇹🇬🇷🇨🇦🇵🇪🇨🇿🇮🇹🇱🇺🇧🇪🇩🇪🇦🇹🇲🇿🇲🇽🇬🇮🇻🇦🇲🇨🇿🇦🇮🇪 These are all the countries I’ve been privileged to visit! Where have you been?
#travel #flags
December 30, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Great to lead the lovely people of St John the Baptist Church Hillmorton in worship this morning and a privilege to share the gospel.
#cofe
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Perfect start to #Christmas celebrations: lunch with the family followed by carols at Rugby Elim service in Rugby School Temple Speech Rooms.
#Jesus #birth
December 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Back with the lovely people at St Andrew’s #Shilton, preaching on John the Baptist and Being Ready for the coming King.
#cofe #advent #coventrydiocese @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social #Jesus
December 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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The Hidden Hebrew of Advent
The Meaning of Mighty God
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December 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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Responding to Tommy Robinson’s Christmas rally – by Al Barrett
Responding to Tommy Robinson’s Christmas rally – by Al Barrett
Photo by Efrem Efre on Pexels.com Revd Dr Al Barrett is Vicar of Hodge Hill Church, Birmingham. He has contributed to a new resource: Joy for All: Supporting churches to respond to the co-option of…
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December 5, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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When Desire Becomes Dangerous
Desire is the grandmother of...
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December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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An #Advent prayer full of #biblical allusions by Richard #Baxter
#cofe #beready #Jesus
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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The #Bishop of @dioceseofcoventry.bsky.social , @bishopsophie.bsky.social visiting #Rugby #Deanery today. We took the opportunity for a photo with some of the #retired #clergy of the deanery. Great to hear the bishop speak with passion for the #gospel & bringing a message of #hope.
#cofe
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December 1, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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It was my privilege on this #Advent Sunday to lead and preach for the good folk at St John the Baptist, #Wolvey for their Group service.
#cofe #getready #prepared #Jesus
Me outside the church Me with the people inside the church
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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A privilege to meet several members of the #cabinet when they came to #Rugby this week following the #budget.
#keirstarmer #RachelReeves and #EdMilband
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Been enjoying using Christian Standard Bible #CSB 4 awhile & it just got a good review in latest #GroveBook by David Dewey grovebooks.co.uk/product/b-11...
Have you tried it? What are your thoughts?
What are its pros and cons?
#bible #cofe @psephizo.bsky.social
B 117 Finding a Bible for the Twenty-first Century - Grove Books
The number of Bible translations continues to increase, presenting a bewildering array of options to those looking for a text they can trust. This booklet
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November 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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One of the striking things about Job is that he never learns about God’s conversation with Satan at the start of the story. If he had, it might have helped him see meaning in his suffering. But Job ...
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October 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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A Protestant Prays the Jesus Prayer
Finding God's mercy in a thousand-year-old prayer.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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A conversation between Pastor Jo, Elder Kate and myself for #rugbyelim
#fast #call #cofe #fasting #Jesus #church #bible
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Conversations - Fasting | Rugby Elim Church
YouTube video by Rugby Elim Church
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October 15, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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October 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
SHOCK POLL: NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW IN an amazing poll conducted by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like. However, 99 percent of journalists agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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This is a helpful and serious piece as we face the rise of a new Christian nationalism on both sides of the Atlantic.
#cofe #christiannationalism #nationalism #church #Jesus

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Is ‘Christian nationalism’ a contradiction in terms? | Psephizo
Martyn Whittock writes: Where should we stand on the subject of ‘Christian nationalism’? As a Christian historian (with a very eclectic set of interests, and having written about early-medieval nation...
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October 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM