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by gcdonner
Tue Feb 27, 2024 10:32 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Poll: Modes of Baptism
Replies: 60
Views: 1967

Re: Poll: Modes of Baptism

I have already said that 'immersion' as a mechanical process is symbolically 'death, burial, and resurrection', but it does not mean death in the literal (physical) sense, an dI do not think that it means only death in the figurative sense, either. What I can recall of what you've said in the past ...
by gcdonner
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:20 pm
Forum: The Homestead
Topic: Today ...
Replies: 2576
Views: 311381

Re: Today ...

Kitchen remodel is just about done. Still got a little trim work to do. https://dataus.net/ss/phone/IMG_20240204_170725823.jpg Here is the new fireplace unit. Wife had it decorated in about 5 minutes after I was done. She pretty much designed it. I just built it. https://dataus.net/ss/phone/IMG_202...
by gcdonner
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:14 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Poll: Modes of Baptism
Replies: 60
Views: 1967

Re: Poll: Modes of Baptism

I agree that the "mechanics" of it is not in focus. I think that Westerners tend to think in terms of formulas, and are distracted from the spiritual meanings behind the things we are told to do. (On the other hand, shamanism is also super focused on exact repetition of prescribed ceremon...
by gcdonner
Tue Feb 27, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?
Replies: 29
Views: 775

Re: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

Dear children, this is the last hour; and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have come. This is how we know it is the last hour. They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but...
by gcdonner
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:09 pm
Forum: Anabaptist Theology and Practice
Topic: Poll: Modes of Baptism
Replies: 60
Views: 1967

Re: Poll: Modes of Baptism

I would note that arguments from symbolism don’t really hold a lot of water with me, so to speak. If we just stick to the text. The NT doesn’t really speak to mode at all. I agree that the "mechanics" of it is not in focus. I think that Westerners tend to think in terms of formulas, and a...
by gcdonner
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:05 pm
Forum: Politics
Topic: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?
Replies: 29
Views: 775

Re: Is Donald Trump the Antichrist?

Oh the biblical ignorance of Mennonet these days... :shock: :?
by gcdonner
Sat Feb 24, 2024 6:46 pm
Forum: The Homestead
Topic: Today ...
Replies: 2576
Views: 311381

Re: Today ...

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. My procedure went well, though I had to stay overnight for observation. I got home today around 2pm. Many thanks to my daughter Wendy, her husband Kevin and my wife for transportation and all the help they have been to me so far. I have to wear a arm rest...
by gcdonner
Thu Feb 22, 2024 12:41 am
Forum: The Homestead
Topic: Today ...
Replies: 2576
Views: 311381

Re: Today ...

Today .. i mailed my fed+state tax returns. i get the forms at the nearby library. i’m not required to prepare them, i do because sometimes, during the year, someone will ask for them. they’re a nuisance. it’s easier to have them if needed. i noticed IRS is offering a free electronic method. i have...
by gcdonner
Tue Feb 20, 2024 7:54 pm
Forum: The Homestead
Topic: Today ...
Replies: 2576
Views: 311381

Re: Today ...

If the request to hear your voice more often would help, here is my vote. :) Thank you kindly. I may visit more often in the next few weeks while recovering from my pacemaker procedure. Likewise, I look forward to your voice on the forum more often. I will be out of pocket a number of days this wee...
by gcdonner
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:11 pm
Forum: Written Word
Topic: Free book on eschatology
Replies: 23
Views: 1157

Re: Free book on eschatology

To those who have requested my book, they are packed, addressed and will be mailed out tomorrow. Still more available at the moment. Thank you to the 7 who have requested a copy thus far.