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Baptism, Part 3

January 24, 2009

We are looking at the biblical teaching of water baptism. So far we have established:

The word “baptism” means “immersion” or “to dip under” (Baptism, Part 1)
The earliest Christians all baptized people by plunging them fully under water(Baptism, Part 2)
Water baptism is a public symbol that a person has new life through Jesus Christ, and immersion [...]

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Baptism, Part 2

January 20, 2009

We are answering questions that come up frequently about baptism. We introduced the word “baptism” in Part 1 and found out that it’s most natural meaning is “to dip, immerse, or plunge” under something, usually water.
Based on that information we should be able to answer these two questions:

Is there a proper method for Christian baptism?
What [...]

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Listen, Day 30: Philippians, Colossians

October 14, 2008

(Warning: long post ahead!)
Well, only ten days and one Sunday left in our LISTEN series. I’ve loved everyone’s comments on this blog and in person throughout the weeks.
Both Micah and David took notes on paper last night. David wrote (the best he could) some key words that he heard.
Micah’s asking some pretty good questions. As [...]

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Reasons our church should grow, Part 2

September 9, 2008

This week, leading up to our big fall series, “Listen,” I’m giving reasons why our church should grow. As you come up with reasons, I’ll post them here, too. Let’s try for “100 reasons our church should grow”. You can read the previous posts here:
Part 1
4. Sarah writes:
I think God wants us to grow as [...]

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