What is Baptist Theology (give ne some examples).
Explain please. I am going to
because I don't know.
Explain please. I am going to
because I don't know.Baptist Theology
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Baptist doctrine differs from church to church because there is no formal credal statement within the Baptist denomination. Each church is as to its own.
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How do you find out what your church believes concerning Baptist Doctrine? What questions do I ask?
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I am not a Baptist but i have attended aBaptist church off and on for several years. The main doctrine is baptism by immersion. They believe in all the basic tenets of the Christian faith--virgin birth,saved by the shed blood of jesus,once saved always saved, the physical second coming of Christ, the rapture of the church at that time,saved by gracenot by works, i can t think of what else --do you have a specific question ?
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oh yes I forgot to add --the Bible is the inspired Word of god and all of it is literally true.
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I'm SBC, and we do not believe that all of the Bible is literal. Some is literal, some is figurative. One must use proper hermeneutics (the proper rules for interpreting Scripture)in interpreting Scripture. (Boy THAT was a mouthful!)
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I attended a independent baptist church. How do you figure out what is literal and what isn t ?
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One takes Scipture in a literal sense means one takes the words for what they mean in a normal sense. For instance, we know that Christ is referred to as the Lamb of God, but we know that that doesn't mean He is a small wooly creature...or the devil, whom we have seen referred to as a "roaring lion seeking to devour" isn't really panthera leo and he isn't really eating people.
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so do you personally believe Jonah and the whale for example really happened the way it is written and is not an allagory--I think that is the right word,
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I'll tell you what, ed, you stick with your cult, and I'll stick with my Christ and we'll see which one of us gets to heaven. In the meantime, stand down, I'm not in the mood for your tripe today.
Many thanks.
Many thanks.
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Yes, actually I do, and here is why.
Jesus is comparing His being in the tomb with Jonah being in the big fish for three days. Jesus was literally in the tomb for three days, so there is no other way to interpret this.
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I agree with you WN. I have met three or 4 ministers-not baptists who say some stories never happend so I was just checking.
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I take everything in the Bible literally except those things that are obviously not literal.
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Keep in mind that there are denominations within the Baptist church, including Southern Baptists, American Baptists, Free Will Baptists, Missionary Baptists, independent Baptists, etc. Nearly all Baptist churches are congregational, so even within each of these denominations, there may be some differences between individual churches. However, there are some doctrines that are generally accepted among most, though not necessarily all, Baptist churches. As was mentioned earlier, Baptism by immersion is one of them.
If you want to know what a particular church believes, I recommend speaking to the pastor or other church leader at the assembly that you are wondering about. Although Baptist churches do not have an official creed that they hold to, many of them will have a church constitution or some other written summary of their doctrines.
If you want to know what a particular church believes, I recommend speaking to the pastor or other church leader at the assembly that you are wondering about. Although Baptist churches do not have an official creed that they hold to, many of them will have a church constitution or some other written summary of their doctrines.
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The Rapture and once saved always saved are NOT basic tenants of the Christian religion. They are basic tenents of Fundamentalist denominations, but not of the religion as a whole. Most Christians and churches do not buy into those two ideas.
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