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- Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:09 pm
- Forum: Ecclesiology
- Topic: Question re church membership
- Replies: 3
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Re: Question re church membership
Hi I have been given a discipleship booklet about baptism and it states as follows: "All those desiring baptism are presented before the church members and the church votes to receive them into membership upon their baptism" Questions 1). Why is someone desiring baptism presented before church membe...
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 1:57 pm
- Forum: Ecclesiology
- Topic: locked behind bricks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3088
Re: locked behind bricks
That's a nice thought but it would probably be better for them to see us loving our neighbor and each other. Then they might want to join us. But to an outsider looking in is a Church not something sort of shrouded in mystery to the outsider, that might be off putting? I think there is something th...
- Fri Aug 23, 2013 6:19 am
- Forum: General Bible Discussion
- Topic: Soul Liberty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4770
Re: Soul Liberty
Amen bother!mattrose wrote:I think most people are familiar with this concept through the more famous quote "In essential unity, in non-essentials liberty, in all things charity."
- Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:31 pm
- Forum: General Bible Discussion
- Topic: Soul Liberty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4770
Re: Soul Liberty
mattrose wrote:It sounds like a fancy title for something almost everyone already assumes to be the case. Would the opposite of soul liberty be membership in a cult?
- Thu Aug 22, 2013 7:24 pm
- Forum: General Bible Discussion
- Topic: Soul Liberty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4770
Re: Soul Liberty
The most memorable of Steve Gregg's mp3s in my opinion is called: Strategies For Unity. If you haven't listened to it, please do, I bet you'll enjoy it. You can find it here , in the middle column, the fifth from the top Thanks Jeremiah, just listened and really enjoyed this teaching very much :D
- Thu Aug 22, 2013 6:29 am
- Forum: General Bible Discussion
- Topic: Soul Liberty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4770
Re: Soul Liberty
Soul Liberty is something the pastor of the local Baptist Church just mentioned to me. It's basically where a human/Christian is entitled to believe or hold to their interpretations of scripture and God and that they alone stand answerable before God on Judgement Day. A Christian may have differing ...
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 6:03 pm
- Forum: General Bible Discussion
- Topic: Soul Liberty
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4770
Soul Liberty
Hi,
I was just wondering if anybody has really observed this being practiced in local church assemblies?
TIA
I was just wondering if anybody has really observed this being practiced in local church assemblies?
TIA
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:58 pm
- Forum: Ecclesiology
- Topic: locked behind bricks
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3088
locked behind bricks
Hello to all,
why do Christians go into buildings to worship, bible study and fellowship?
Would it not be more beneficial to the unsaved out in the community to see folks enjoying Christianity out in the open air?
Appreciate thoughts, TIA
why do Christians go into buildings to worship, bible study and fellowship?
Would it not be more beneficial to the unsaved out in the community to see folks enjoying Christianity out in the open air?
Appreciate thoughts, TIA
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:53 pm
- Forum: The Courtyard
- Topic: A shy hello to all
- Replies: 23
- Views: 13191
Re: A shy hello to all
I think in Acts when folks got baptized they were not part of a local church because there were few if any.[/quote]
True, but when did baptism become something that could only be done in the local churches when they did sprout up or did it ever? Thanks for the reply.
True, but when did baptism become something that could only be done in the local churches when they did sprout up or did it ever? Thanks for the reply.
- Wed Aug 21, 2013 5:45 pm
- Forum: Ecclesiology
- Topic: Question re church membership
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3477
Re: Question re church membership
thanks for the reply Mattrose