Is someone saved as headed to heaven before baptism or not?
This is a simple yes/no question.
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- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:46 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 677
- Views: 198224
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:45 am
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: The Great Dechurching
- Replies: 4
- Views: 29
Re: The Great Dechurching
I read the same thing.
If present trends continue, the only churchgoers left will be some traditionalist Catholics, Oneness Pentecostals, plain Anabaptists, and other assorted fringe groups like JWs.
If present trends continue, the only churchgoers left will be some traditionalist Catholics, Oneness Pentecostals, plain Anabaptists, and other assorted fringe groups like JWs.
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:35 am
- Forum: History
- Topic: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
- Replies: 32
- Views: 500
Re: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
Some of the material in his Wikipedia is content that I wrote. He’s not paying me for it. Why should he be supported for what he did but not me? I licenced it freely, but expected anyone who copied what I wrote to comply with the licence terms, which is to not prohibit someone else from copying it....
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:34 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 677
- Views: 198224
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
Which position does FotW hold? “Baptism is required for salvation”. vs “It is possible for someone to be saved before they are baptised.” Once again, we believe that salvation is a process. We have been saved, we are being saved, and we shall be saved. So, I believe both statements above. Baptism I...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:31 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 677
- Views: 198224
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
Which position does FotW hold? “Baptism is required for salvation”. vs “It is possible for someone to be saved before they are baptised.” See, in my denomination, the criteria for salvation isn’t unclear or ambiguous. Belief in Jesus’ offer of free salvstiin, and then a desire to accept that free g...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Current Events
- Topic: Sattler College Turmoil
- Replies: 677
- Views: 198224
Re: Sattler College Turmoil
Which position does FotW hold? “Baptism is required for salvation”. vs “It is possible for someone to be saved before they are baptised.” See, in my denomination, the criteria for salvation isn’t unclear or ambiguous. Belief in Jesus’ offer of free salvstiin, and then a desire to accept that free gi...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 8:44 am
- Forum: History
- Topic: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
- Replies: 32
- Views: 500
Re: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
Some of the material in his Wikipedia is content that I wrote. He’s not paying me for it. Why should he be supported for what he did but not me? I licenced it freely, but expected anyone who copied what I wrote to comply with the licence terms, which is to not prohibit someone else from copying it. ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:03 pm
- Forum: General Theology
- Topic: 2/3 of Roman Catholic Churches in Baltimore to close
- Replies: 18
- Views: 311
Re: 2/3 of Roman Catholic Churches in Baltimore to close
Perhaps the reality is that the people with ethnic and religious affiliation moved - probably to escape Baltimore’s ridiculous levels of crime. When I lived in Baltimore, it was the reverse. The neighborhood I lived in was gentrifying and pushing out the locals. The so-called "Baltimore Renais...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:30 pm
- Forum: History
- Topic: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
- Replies: 32
- Views: 500
Re: Worldbook Encyclopedia Censorship Topics
Yes, that's him. I'd say he has done a tremendous amount of work, pouring through basically all of the articles that might contain photos, diagrams, or text info that a conservative parent would not want to have available to a child. (It is, of course, a parent's rightful place to be able to do thi...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:27 pm
- Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
- Topic: Business opportunities serving low-tech Anabaptist groups
- Replies: 14
- Views: 268
Re: Business opportunities serving low-tech Anabaptist groups
More specifically, high-tech ethnic Anabaptists who have an ethnic last name and originally came from a low-tech group.ohio jones wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 1:51 pmAnd that can be provided by high-tech Anabaptists, right?