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- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:54 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Danger of Reactionary Theology
- Replies: 1
- Views: 79
The Danger of Reactionary Theology
I listened to this podcast episode recently, part of the History of the Christian Church podcast series by Lance Ralston. He talked about Pietism, with some interesting comments about where Pietists went too far. It goes along with what I have been thinking lately about the danger of reactionary the...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:49 am
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Preparation for Baptism
- Replies: 46
- Views: 1148
Re: Preparation for Baptism
It seems to me that the *description* of early church baptisms in the book of Acts - both Jew and Gentile - is that they were baptized immediately upon confession of faith. But there is no *prescription* for either immediate baptism or a time of preparation/instruction prior to baptism, which, accor...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: God did not want it!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 385
Re: God did not want it!
Too much is being made of types and shadows here. You can't just take one verse and build an entire theology off of it. That usually results in taking the verse out of context. Hebrews 10:5-7 is a quote from Psalm 40:6-8. The writer of Hebrews is quoting the Greek Septuagint. It's not the original H...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Tech Talk
- Topic: Tech Frustration
- Replies: 15
- Views: 626
Tech Frustration
Does MennoNet log you out frequently for no reason? Have you ever typed up an entire comment, multiple paragraphs, etc., and hit "Preview" only for MennoNet to demand that you log in? And after you do, everything you typed has disappeared and can't be recovered, including by trying to go b...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:53 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 2514
Re: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.
Jesus started the Church with His Apostles. The Holy Spirit then was poured out on them and the church began and it was said long before Constantine by Origen that the Apostles themselves taught to baptize infants. This was not a late invention. Certainly the ancient Church can go make a Scriptural...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Israel is Babylon the Great
- Replies: 120
- Views: 2523
Re: Israel is Babylon the Great
It's fine to oppose Zionism politically, if you can do so without dipping into conspiracy theories about how the "Jews rule the world." :roll: :roll: But anti-Zionist conspiracy theories are inevitably antisemitic. Of course, a deeper question is why the objection is “anti-semitism” as op...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:01 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Israel is Babylon the Great
- Replies: 120
- Views: 2523
Re: Israel is Babylon the Great
:hi5 If Jews controlled the world, you'd think things would be going better for Jews historically, or currently. Things are going pretty well for them right now, wouldn’t you say? Palestinians aren’t doing so well in Gaza or in the West Bank, though. Not really. https://www.cnn.com/2023/10/31/polit...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:10 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Israel is Babylon the Great
- Replies: 120
- Views: 2523
Re: Israel is Babylon the Great
:blah: :blah: This is disgraceful. Why do conspiracy theorists always land on "the Jews"? :? :? :roll: :roll: If Jews controlled the world, you'd think things would be going better for Jews historically, or currently. It's fine to oppose Zionism politically, if you can do so without dippin...
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.
- Replies: 196
- Views: 2514
Re: Why Some Churches Practice Infant Baptism and others do not.
And you think Orthodox writers do not have a bias? They were "The Church" JM. They've been there since the beginning. Anabaptists mistakenly believed the RC made up infant baptism much later. As Boot has provided info revealing otherwise , I refuse to deny that which I took the time to le...
- Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: Spoken Word
- Topic: History of the Garden City Confession of Faith
- Replies: 9
- Views: 463
History of the Garden City Confession of Faith
I recently listened to this sermon on the Pilgrim Ministry site about the Garden City Confession. The sermon was given at a Pilgrim church in 2019. https://www.pilgrimministry.org/sermons/history-of-the-garden-city-confession-of-faith It was interesting to hear their perspective on it. I have seen h...