Sentences with phrase «speak on baptism»
Now, mind you, I'm not saying that I'm going to speak on baptism to Presbyterians (unless they ask me to do so and I'd be happy to).
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When you read the context and see that Paul was speaking on the subject of those who don't believe in the resurrection, but believed in baptism as Christians, you realize that he was saying that what is the point of baptism if you are only going to end up dead.
Indeed, when Benedict reflected on Holy Saturday as the day of his baptism, he made a similar statement: that «through God's silence, still we hear him speak, and through the darkness of his absence, we glimpse his light.»
I found Fr Nesbitt's piece on baptism helpful and quite moving — speaking to mind and heart together.
The resolution noted that the Assemblies were formed on «several biblical Pentecostal distinctives, not the least of which is the belief that the initial physical evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit is speaking in other tongues.»
Strings like, «There is something wrong with you if you don't speak in tongues» (a very unBiblical one that), you must have a full submersion baptism because the last baptism you had wasn't wet enough, you must sing naff choruses or it means you do nt» want to worship God, you must believe that the vast majority of people that have lived on earth are damned to everlasting Hell, you must not say anything controversial, you must not be too intellectually assertive if you're a woman, you must do as we say and believe as we say, you must force yourself to be attracted to people with a particular set of genitalia or be lonely and unfulfilled for the rest of your life.
I mean, I go back to the baptism of Jesus Christ where God spoke and His voice was heard from above, Jesus Christ was being baptized on earth and the Holy Ghost was coming down as a dove... well, you so call Christians don't make sense sometimes.
On Easter Sunday 1960, Dennis Bennett, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal in Van Nuys, CA revealed to his parish that he had experienced what he described as a second baptism of the Spirit, accompanied by speaking in tongues.
Depending on how you read these passages, John could be speaking of one baptism or two: a baptism of the Holy Spirit upon believers and a baptism of fiery judgment upon unbelievers (cf. Matt 13:25 - 30, or one baptism of the Holy Spirit which will come with fire upon believers (cf. Acts 2:3).
In May of 1944, Bonhoeffer wrote some thoughts on the baptism of Dietrich Wilhelm Rudiger Bethge, his godson.25 Although participating in a rite that was outdated as far as modernity would have it, Bonhoeffer speaks of the future church that will have changed greatly.
Furthermore, in the Bible Paul spoke of baptism for the dead; there is significant argument on whether he was for or against it since depending on how one reads the context, it could go either way.
Paul VI in his first sermon as Pope spoke to those «who without belonging to the Catholic Church are united to us by the powerful bond of faith and love of Jesus Christ and marked with the unique seal of baptism — one Lord, one faith, one baptism», seeking to «hasten the blessed day which will see, after so many centuries of deadly separation, the realisation of Christ's prayer on the eve of his death — ut unum sint, that they may be one...» 6
The AoG is a Pentecostal and evangelical denomination holding, among other things, the Divine inspiration of the Bible, the Trinity, the Deity of Christ, salvation through faith in Jesus Christ alone, the Baptism of the Holy Spirit as the believer's empowerment for witness and service, speaking in tongues as the evidence of that baptism, sanctification through the work of the Spirit, a church on mission, Divine healing for the sick available to believers, the return of Christ and a final juBaptism of the Holy Spirit as the believer's empowerment for witness and service, speaking in tongues as the evidence of that baptism, sanctification through the work of the Spirit, a church on mission, Divine healing for the sick available to believers, the return of Christ and a final jubaptism, sanctification through the work of the Spirit, a church on mission, Divine healing for the sick available to believers, the return of Christ and a final judgment.