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I don't know him but I believe the NT charge of itchy ears comes from those who would accept doctrines outside of Christianity entirely and not simply trying to find the most error free form of Christianity itself. I do not fault people for trying to follow Christ in truth. We all know that there are many competing interpretations of the bible that claim to be the truth. A person with "itchy ears" would do something like accept the Koran as truth or universalism or Buddhism or Hinduism ...etc. Christian denomination skipping in this day and age is simply a sign of a Christian striving to be the best Christian he can be according to the truth. I see no fault in it. Go with God as you feel led by the scriptures.
I don't know him but I believe the NT charge of itchy ears comes from those who would accept doctrines outside of Christianity entirely and not simply trying to find the most error free form of Christianity itself. I do not fault people for trying to follow Christ in truth. We all know that there are many competing interpretations of the bible that claim to be the truth...Christian denomination skipping in this day and age is simply a sign of a Christian striving to be the best Christian he can be according to the truth. I see no fault in it. Go with God as you feel led by the scriptures.
In my opinion such a view falls outside of Christianity...
He's bought into N. T. Wright and Dunn's NPP regarding justification. I only know this because I have been interacting w/ him in the SOT forums. In my opinion such a view falls outside of Christianity...
Here's a paper from the church I'm considering going to in Florida when I leave next week. It's a brief argument in favor of paedobaptism.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5dVfwenaVTxUndsekUyMEZDMlE/edit?usp=sharing
Is that opinion based upon what you've read by both authors on the issues concerned especially Wright's book on Justification? You've admited that you have not read Wright's response to Piper, so how do you know if Piper's assessment is right?
To claim that neither Dunn or Wright are Christians is absurd!
Here's a paper from the church I'm considering going to in Florida when I leave next week. It's a brief argument in favor of paedobaptism.
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5dVfwenaVTxUndsekUyMEZDMlE/edit?usp=sharing
Covenant Presbyterian Church in Palm Bay, FLWhich church? I'm moving to Florida in three weeks!
Osage Bluestem said:What if God ensures baptized are saved? Is there
JM said:From the same link above:
Physical Circumcision and Heart Circumcision
In Rom. 2:28,29, we find that circumcision was always meant to represent the inward work of the Spirit on the heart. According to the principles of typological interpretation, physical circumcision is the type and regeneration is the antitype or fulfillment. This was the definition of a true Jew, whether of Jewish or Gentile descent. The outward sign of circumcision was to symbolize that which God desired inwardly of the heart. But more than that, the reality of the symbol also had to be present in order for a person to be a true Jew or to receive all of God's covenant blessings.
This same truth is taught in Rom. 9:6-8, where Paul says that "they are not all Israel who are of Israel." This is another reference to the faithful remnant idea which began in the physical nation of Abraham's descendants and came to fruition in the New Covenant members or church. This is further explained in Rom. 4:12, where the promised "seed" of Abraham consists not of those of physical descent only, but those who are of the faith of their father Abraham. These, and these only, are his fulfilled "seed" (Rom. 4:23). It is those who are of faith, Jew and Gentile, who are the "seed" of Abraham. In all these Scriptures, the true Jews, or Abraham's "seed," in fulfillment of God's promise to him, are those who have the circumcision of the heart by the Spirit, which is exhibited by faith in Christ.(end quote)
Iosias said:Exactly; the visible church is composed of all those circumcised under the old covenant or baptised under the new, whilst the invisible church comprises all those who possess what the sign signified...faith. Under the OC the formula was circumcision + faith but under the NC the formula is baptism + faith. Under both infants are included.
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