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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 4
My favorite conservative preacher — and newly minted editor of the Gospel Advocate — Gregory Alan Tidwell posted this comment this morning — I hope all of my friends on this forum (that would be Jay and one other) would … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
85 Comments
Acts 2:38 (“Be baptized, everyone of you,” Part 3)
There is additional significance to the baptism Peter insisted on. “Be baptized” “Be baptized” is in the passive voice. We often miss the significance of this fact, but it’s very important. It’s passive because, unlike a cleansing under the Law … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Acts, Uncategorized
15 Comments
Acts 2:38 (“Be baptized, everyone of you,” Part 2)
The mikveh and uncleanness The Torah speaks of many kinds of washings that were to be done to remove ceremonial uncleanness from a Jew. We modern Westerners struggle to grasp the idea of cleanness today, and so we tend to … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Acts, Uncategorized
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Acts 2: Were the Apostles Baptized in Water? Part 2
* A better theory. Consider what the gospels really say. (John 13:8-11 ESV) 8 Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Acts, Uncategorized
40 Comments
Acts 2: Were the Apostles Baptized in Water? Part 1
Jerry asked, What I was taught growing up in the Churches of Christ (1940′s & 50′s) was that the apostles were baptized by John, who taught men to believe on the one who was to come. There is presumptive evidence … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Acts, Uncategorized
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Acts 2:38 (“Be baptized, everyone of you,” Part 1)
While the blog was down for the holidays, the crash, and all, I typed up notes on the rest of Acts 2. I’ll be posting these every other day for a couple of weeks, until we get to the end … Continue reading
Posted in Acts, Acts, Uncategorized
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Dec. 20-27 Comments
Here are the comments received on the The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ,” Part 1 post from December 20 to December 27, that is, between crash and restoration of the … Continue reading
Posted in Fork in the Road, Instrumental Music, Uncategorized
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The Fork in the Road: “The Way of UNITY between “Christian Churches” and Churches of Christ” — The Return of the Lost Comments
Tonight, Lord willing, I’ll post all the comments from Part 1 of this series since the website crashed on December 20, to facilitate the continuation of the discussion. There have been over 100 comments on this post during the last … Continue reading
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An Exchange of Comments with Ray: Ray’s Comments
First, Ray’s comment to which I was responding, and then his three later comments. I quoted nearly all of his first comment in mine, but figure he’s entitled to have the full text posted. Ray at 7:56 PM. I figure the reason … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit and Providence, Uncategorized
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An Exchange of Comments with Ray: My Comment
Ray’s comment and my reply were deleted in the restoring of the site from back up. Here’s my comment from earlier this evening. I’ll post Ray’s responses in a second posts: Outreachdownenray wrote, I figure the reason Jay thinks the … Continue reading
Posted in Holy Spirit and Providence, Uncategorized
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