Sentences with phrase «thing about baptisms»
The funny thing about baptisms for the dead is that Mormon doctrine itself makes the practice meaningless!
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/
Speaking about the unusual location for the baptisim, Lentz said: «That's the thing about baptism... it's not about where, it's about why.»
Not exact matches
One of the things I love about Christianity is the physicality of sacraments like communion and baptism, the way we can taste, smell, hear, see, and feel the presence of God through these beautiful acts of remembrance and faith.
The worst thing that can be said about proxy baptisms (by a non-believer) is that it is an act of misguided charity.
You know the thing that happened throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the Baptism that John proclaimed: Jesus of Nazareth — how God anointed him with holy Spirit and power: who went about doing good, and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with him; and we ourselves are witnesses of all that he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem; whom they killed by hanging on a tree.
What is perhaps most frustrating about engaging in such conversations within the evangelical community in particular, however, is that differences regarding things like Calvinism and Arminianism, baptism, heaven and hell, gender roles, homosexuality, and atonement theories often disintegrate into harsh accusations in which we question one another's commitment to Scripture.
When the church teaches about baptism, one of the things it often says is that baptism is the first step of discipleship.
«As for the word which He, the Lord of all, sent to the children of Israel, preaching the Gospel of peace through Jesus the Messiah, you know the thing (literally, «the word») that happened through all Judaea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism which John preached; that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with Holy Spirit and power; and He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.
Oh, I do actually have one more thing to say about baptism in Acts, which I will post tomorrow when we look at the baptism of the Ethiopian Eunuch.
The Bible clearly teaches water baptism is necessary to be saved John 3:3 - 5 which Jesus says Water and Spirit Romans 6: 3 - 4 and many many more places you are right about some of the things baptism represents but please take a closer look at why all the conversions in Acts involve water baptism.
If the Emperor's troops came and turned things round again: «You will have to help burn all the German books, New Testaments, psalters, prayer books, hymnals, and to keep everyone ignorant about the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Creed... baptism, the sacrament, faith, government, matrimony, or the Gospel.
Without these two technologies that you'll hear about in a moment, there would be no such thing as human embryonic stem cell research, and President Bush could have enjoyed his summer vacation in Crawford without having to agonize over the baptism of the infamous 64 stem cell lines.