Sentences with phrase «served as a baptism»
The 1997 «crush» found me literally up to my chest in fermenting Pinot Noir must, which served as a baptism of sorts I suppose.
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The ritual served as a vehicle for grief, just as communion serves as a vehicle for memory and baptism as a vehicle for renewal.
I think there can be great value in water baptism, the physicality serves as a mental tatoo.
It is possible, of course, that water baptism continued to be practiced as frequently as ever, and the writers simply stopped mentioning it, but when we understand the cultural and religious significance of water baptism in the first century Mediterranean world, and specifically the role of baptism within the book of Acts, it becomes clear that water baptism served a special and specific role within the early church which became unnecessary later on.
As attendees, they are provided, through weekly teachings, biblical context for everything we do and practice, such as baptism, giving, serving and inviting friends to church».As attendees, they are provided, through weekly teachings, biblical context for everything we do and practice, such as baptism, giving, serving and inviting friends to church».as baptism, giving, serving and inviting friends to church»...
«In the perspective of the Bible, conversion is turning from idols to serve a living and true God and not moving from one culture to another and from one community to another as it is understood in the communal sense in India today», and further that so long as baptism remains a transference of cultural or communal allegiance, «we can not judge those who while confessing faith in Jesus, are unwilling to be baptised» (Renewal in.
In effect, the renaming serves as a kind of baptism into a masculinist world which would otherwise denigrate his real name, and hence identity, as «effeminate» - as happens with Alan Bourdillon Traherne (James Caan) in El Dorado.
To describe it as a difficult session would be an understatement, but we all survived and with joint reflection I can see that this kind of baptism of fire can only serve me well when I begin my practice unaccompanied.