If you were raised up from a young child through the Baptist ranks as I was, most likely, the phrase "baptism of the Holy Spirit" carries a totally different meaning/definition than that of the Pentecostals/Church of God/Foursquare.

First, let me say that I'm not denying the filling of the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in other tongues. No one can deny that fact, it's clearly seen many times in Scripture. I'm stating that the original meaning of the phrase "baptism of the Holy...

Via Scott Price's(Pastor of Gospel of Grace Ministries) Facebook page.
Very common to see ads pop up in my newsfeed on FB. Below is a local church 15 minutes away teaching the complete opposite of what Gospel of Grace Ministries does. The vast majority of churches are 100% in agreement with the beliefs in the picture below. What I've been getting used to is the amount of people who claim to believe the doctrines of grace being okay with the statements below, like it doesn't make a bit of...

Do Baptists believe these words they read?

Here is what is said in those verses and the answer before comments should be a yes or a no.

11 The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
12 If thy children will keep my covenant and my testimony that I shall teach them, their children shall also sit upon thy throne for evermore.
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
14 This is my...

As a "boomer", I recall many young men of my era in Bible College/Seminary training to be pastors. Many of those freshly-scrubbed faces served 35-45-55 years for our Savior. But WE are "aging out" in great numbers (I retired from full-time pastoring in 2021 at age 73 after a stroke). At the same time, I see many of our fundamental Baptist schools closing and those that are still training our students have LOW numbers in the pastor, mission, youth pastor ministries majors.

All that...

(5) Priestly Confession and Absolution
(6) Infant Baptism
(7) Transubstantiation/ Real Presence
(8) Purgatory
(9) Catholic Doctrine of Justification
(10) Catholic View of Scripture and Tradition

The Catholic idea of Reconciliation stems from the Lord granting power to His Apostles to forgive and retain sin in His Name and Person. This Apostolic gift is bestowed by The Holy Spirit being breathed on them by the Lord.
This is the power of spiritual resurrection which they are to impart to...

1) Is it wrong to believe fallen mankind is able to seek God and trust in Christ, in light of God revealing Himself and providing the gospel of Christ?

2) Did God really choose some foreseen individuals with or without foreseen faith when He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world? If this was a corporate election then God did not choose any specific individuals, just the target group of His redemption plan, those who would be redeemed by His Redeemer.

3) Is our faith in Christ...

If someone is ready to choose a more "word for word" Bible translation (after having read the NIV for a number of years) which translation would you steer them toward,if asked your opinion?

@Christforums,
I would like to hear your view on Jeremiah 31:31-34. Especially on the promise in verse 34, . . . saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
This is the understood promise of the New Covenant of verse 31, Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah: . . .

When I do my daily Bible/Devotions I USUALLY go by what is in Tyndale's "One Year Study Bible." It normally quotes 2 Chs fm the OT + 1 Ch fm the NT+ a Psalm (or portion of 1 (cf. Psalm 119) + a reading in Proverbs. .... But every once in a while I "depart from (or include along w/the above). My "birth month" is May...the 5th month of the yr....So, why not go to Psalm 5.....In fact, why not go to v. 5.... Now... I've "always" been told: God "LOVES the sinner, but He HATES the works ("Deeds")...

"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up; that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life."—John 3:14-15.

It was a serpent, that stung the Israelites. It was the old serpent, the devil, which poisoned our nature at the fall. All his temptations, assaults, and poisons, are fiery. And when the dreadful effects of sin are felt in the awakened conscience, how do they burn with terrors in the soul! What could the...