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Proverbs 12

February 16, 2009

Today (Feb 12) is Rachael’s birthday. We have Micah’s birthday and our anniversary coming up over the next 10 days.
Here are some thoughts on chapter 12 as I continue reading through Proverbs:
A noble wife is the crown of her husband, but the wife who acts shamefully is like rottenness in his bones. (12:4)
This is so [...]

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Baptism, Part 5

February 3, 2009

This is the last post in a series on water baptism. In Part 1 and Part 2 we explored what water baptism is and how the early church performed it. Part 3 introduced the teaching that water baptism can provide salvation – a teaching that we thoroughly debunked in Parts 4a, 4b, and 4c.
Based on [...]

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Baptism, Part 4b

January 28, 2009

OK, we’re looking at a couple of passages on baptism and salvation that seem to stump people a lot. In Part 4a, we explored Acts 3:28. Let’s look at the next one.
The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned. Mark 16:16
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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?
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