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Recent content by nowsthetime

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    A few more basics on Anabaptism!

    I'd suggest reading the wiki on anabaptists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anabaptist
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    A few more basics on Anabaptism!

    "They will only baptise people after salvation, and will re-baptise people if they have been baptised in an unscriptural church. Baptism is always by immersion, not sprinkling, and no babies are baptised." I don't actually believe this to be true. Mennonites may just pour water over the head...
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    Am I broken? I don't like Christian music much.

    hmm.. check out this internet radio station. www.radiou.com its got some pretty good rock music on there most of the time...and most of it isn't cheesey. i mean...every once in awhile something crappy will come on... but you'll get that with everything.
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    What's Anabaptist anyway?

    nah, priestess is bad term to use. i am not anabaptist.. i actually stem from a different background... i am unfamiliar with the right terms to use... i am still learning a lot, and hold similar beliefs to most mennonites and brethren. i may possibly join the denomination, but as i said, i...
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    Biblical Basis for Contact Evangelism? Thoughts?

    It's been awhile since I've posted, but I have been really struggling with contact evangelism. A lot of Christian folks around me do it, and I haven't really noticed a point in the Bible where it talks about the way it is performed... That is, just walking up to random people and sharing the...
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    Scriptures/Thoughts Concerning Contact Evangelism

    It's been awhile since I've posted, but I have been really struggling with contact evangelism. A lot of Christian folks around me do it, and I haven't really noticed a point in the Bible where disciples or anyone just walked up to people, started conversation with them with the only intent to...
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    What's Anabaptist anyway?

    As far as the women covering there head, that is not universal throughout the Anabaptist community. I go to a Church of the Brethren which is actually directly affiliated with Mennonite USA... There are no women that cover there head... including the priestess (we have copastors). The Amish...
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    Question Concerning Death in Gen.

    thanks man. there are just a lot of eager young earth creationists around here that are not too shy about saying theistic evolution contradicts the Bible.. some even go as far as saying you aren't truly Christian. I'm not sure exactly what I believe.. I'm leaning to TE, but I just want to...
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    Question Concerning Death in Gen.

    Woops.. I'm sorry... I was sitting here researching this stuff for an hour and I had all the ideas in my head and my question seemed to make sense to me at the time... haha. i just got sucked in my readi ng and I forgot no one else was in my head. lol that probably doesnt make sense either...
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    Question Concerning Death in Gen.

    hey all! it's been awhile since i've posted on here... but I was having some discussions about theistic evolution and creationism, and one argument that faired pretty well against theistic evolution is the lack of death or the lack of animals killing each other in order to have a reason to...
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    Baptism Before Communion

    thanks for the link. im not really questioning the importance of baptism. like i said, im getting things set up for baptismit. the question i raised is if its necessary as a precondition for communing.
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    Baptism Before Communion

    oh absolutely. i understand that baptism is not an added law, i was speaking of baptism as a prereq for communing solely. both baptism and communing are a sort of commandment from the Lord.... but as far as baptism before communing, I just have yet to find it.. and my reasoning to think that...
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    Baptism Before Communion

    thanks for the response. its a bit more understandable now. like, i still think the church is just adding in more laws that the Bible implies in the instance. the Bible doesn't use the analogy that communion is the meal of the family OR baptism is the entrance rite into the church (i very well...
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    Baptism Before Communion

    thanks for all your responses. i truly appreciate it. I'm learning a lot. one of the things i get confused with is why the thought of "Sola Scriptura" and then the denomination taking an official stance that is not either plainly said in the Bible, and in my opinion is not even discreetly in...
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    Baptism Before Communion

    I was just wondering what is the opinion of people who are saved and serve God and clearly have a relationship with God but not yet baptized. In my case, I just came from a denomination where baptism was not something really that important, and I am currently in the process of getting an...