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1 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | sniper | 77214 | ||
I will respond in more detail later, but I believe you misunderstand my position slightly. I do not believe in any way "Baptizing and christening a young child may be fine as a symbolic ritual." I believe in immersion, I do not believe in the calvinistic sin nature, I believe children are innocent, and I believe that salvation is needed by adults for the forgiveness of sins. | ||||||
2 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77257 | ||
Thank you sniper. My response is to praise God that He has granted us the freedom to worship Him in so many different ways. Do we not all praise the same God? We should be asking each other questions as a means to sort out the complexities among ourselves, and not try to use it as an opportunity to sway any belief in any particular doctrine. Such as infant baptism, which I think is niether harmful or necessary, but it is an outlet for the love of the parents. I have difficulties w/catholicism, yet there are Catholics whom I love dearly. I believe that God feels the same way, and that He used the Great Reformation as a means to expand, not hinder the growth of the church. I look at it like this. The church choir has many different voices, each one with their own strengths and weaknesses, yet when they are all together, it is a beautiful sound to anyone. If there were only sopranos, it would not be as beautiful. I sing tenor, and most people prefer that I sing ten or 15 miles away. (o: It is the same with the world. There are many breeds of dogs. Why did God not say that one breed is enough? Why are so many species of birds necessary? I think of the joyful sound that praise would make to our Father in heaven, and joy through one denomination, and then through all denoms combined. This is my take on why there are so many religions, and factions thereof. (It is my humble opinion, not backed up by scripture,) but rather than creating dissension between particular dogmas and who holds more authority, we should build each other up and learn how to be harmonious and in this way we will be built up ourselves. In Christ's love, Tim |
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3 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Ray | 77266 | ||
Hi Timothy Paul, Let me be one of the first to give you an "Amen" for your thoughts here. I sang this past weekend in a city, ten or fifteen miles away, Grand Rapids, Michigan where they had a choir festival directed by Craig Courtney. There were nine participating choirs from the area and it was a wonderful time of blending our voices together in praise. It is fun to sing "ten or" fifteen voices strong in a large choir. Another fun thing going on in Grand Rapids is the Dead Sea Scroll exhibit, but I haven't gone yet. Thanks for your thoughts. From the heart, Ray |
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4 | What does it mean? | Bible general Archive 1 | Timothy Paul | 77328 | ||
Amen brother, I shall remember you in my prayers. Faithfully, Tim |
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