You say great scripture, yet you can't see the answer to who is a child of God in the verses I shared.
Do you need Kurzweil or Jaws? I would guess the Baptist Board is ADA compliant.
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Discussion in 'Other Christian Denominations' started by ntchristian, Nov 17, 2019.
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YOU say Jesus is a LIAR?
"Do you need Kurzweil or Jaws?"
No I just need God to download Calvinism in my brain. Have you figured out what "conceive" means yet? you can ask mommy how it works.
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There are only two possibilities for why you cannot see what God is saying. Either you are obstinately fighting against what God says or you consider God's word to be foolishness. I am not your judge. -
Again the best evidence you can ever provide is personal testimony rather then the story of how you were taught things are suppose to happen.
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I spent the last month or more visiting local Baptist and Pentecostal or charismatic churches. Since my views seem to be somewhere between these two denominations, I limited my visits to them. I don't know if I resolved anything. I asked one Pentecostal pastor if I didn't believe that tongues was the initial sign of baptism of the Holy Spirit, would that be a problem in my becoming a member. He answered that it very well might be. And in one Baptist church I visited, the pastor preached penal substitution, saying that God punished Jesus in our place, etc. I almost couldn't sit through the service.
I know I can't be Orthodox anymore, but I can't believe the Protestant views of atonement. Closest I could come would probably be Governmental theory. So I don't know where that leaves me. -
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The question for you is whether you intend to live life as a rogue Christian or as a member of a local body of Christians.
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The ones I have to choose from around here are Methodist, Presbyterian, RCC, Pentecostal and charismatic, Baptist, Episcopal, Nazarene, Church of Christ. There are Lutherans in some college towns, but those are too far away. So, since I now hold to believers' baptism only, do you suppose I should still consider those denominations that baptize infants? That one belief right there, believer's baptism only, would seem to limit me to three of the ones I listed above. And even if I could allow for infant baptism, I couldn't allow for apostate leftist mainstream Christianity.
So it seems I must choose between Baptist, charismatic/Pentecostal, or Church of Christ. Oh, I just remembered there are a couple of SDA churches about half hour away, but I don't think I could consider them.
So, do you see my situation? Do you have any suggestions? Seriously, I welcome any constructive input, as I need all the help I can get, including prayers. I wouldn't want to live as a solitary Christian. -
Sounds like you're in quite the pickle. If I were in your shoes, I would probably keep visiting churches and read up on the Atonement to double check my views.
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Pick the worst one and go there. It'll be good for you. You can find a saint and an idiot in every denomination.
Time to grow up, step out of this idea of teams. us vs them attitude not good for you.
Get YOU straightened out with God. Act like God is on your side for once, understands totally what you are going thru, has actually got your back.
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