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It is a flaw for Baptists who insist on using the technical term "inerrant" to talk about the Bible. It forces them into a position of being unwilling to bring the other elements of tradition, experience, and reason.
That's always the root of the problem. Once you assume inerrancy, you really trap yourself into treating each verse of scripture as some free-standing commandment.
Yes, while forgetting that verse and chapter numbers aren't inspired. So snipping out stand alone scripture is an easy way to take things out of context and misinterpret the text.
Going to a UMC this sunday. What to expect?
Its good to be Wesleyan because we can relax in the scriptures and use our God-given intellect to understand them.
I hate to disagree with a fellow United Methodist Elder. But I have to say that I'm not sure a couple of your points jive with the doctrine of our Church as in the Book of Discipline.
You seem to suggest that United Methodists believe that conversion has to be instantaneous. Am I reading you correctly?
In Paragraph 102 Book of Discipline 2012 under the heading "Justification and Assurance" it says, "This process of justification and new birth is often referred to as conversion. Such change may be sudden and dramatic, or gradual and cumulative."
As to apostasy, that is someone walking away from their faith. No we don't believe you can "lose" your salvation like a quarter lost out of your pocket. But United Methodists does teach free will and the ability to walk away from your faith if you so choose.
Read paragraph 104 Book of Discipline 2012 under the title "Justification and Regeneration."
"We believe, although we have experienced regeneration, it is possible to depart from grace and fall into sin; and we may even then, by the grace of God, be renewed in righteousness.
Does anybody know anything about the General Baptist Church? They're not huge around here but they are more common than Southern Baptists and they seem to be mostly in the rural areas all around us. They have a small college nearby, Oakland City University, and I have a friend studying elementary education out there. I found a website, but I'm not even sure if it's the correct denomination. I don't think it is the GARBC circuitrider talks about because I get the impression this group is a little more sensible than Southern Baptists.
You are right that they aren't like the GARBC. The GARBC is quite Calvinist. I pastored not too far from Oakland City University long ago. The General Baptists are similar to the Free Will Baptists. Their theology is Arminian and, as you've suggested, less strident than the SBC.
The have the unusual feature of having a presbytery that oversees clergy orders similar to the Presbyterian Church.
Where I grew up in northern PA, one or both groups were popular. I always thought they were the same but guess not. I knew mostly GARBC guess since the Baptists I knew were very Calvinistic.
I'm surprised that no one has yet shared the most obvious answer:
The difference is that while both Methodists and Baptists eventually get to heaven based on the grace of God, once there Baptists are given a set of rooms for themselves, complete with an Olympic-size pool. And Methodists have a spot reserved for them in the throne room underneath the sprinkler system.
Huh????
Huh????
How do Methodists differ from Baptists? If one has to explain it, it isn't funny. Or, maybe it wasn't in the first place, then it isn't worth explaining.
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