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  1. MoreCoffee

    The washing of water with the word.

    I want to baptise other people's babies; muhahahahaha :smirk:
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    So... What are YOU doing? - Part 4

    Chatting on IRC.
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    Who are you?

    So many words! Couldn't you settle for Lutheran Overlord of Christianity Haven?
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    The washing of water with the word.

    Ephesians 5:26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, [Cambridge] Ephesians 5:26 sanctify and cleanse it] Better, again, her. And the pronoun is slightly emphatic by position; as if to say, It was in her interest that He did this, and so in the...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Snerfle - Josiah is right. No one baptises themselves. It is something done for/to them by others. A work done on their behalf a little bit like Jesus redeeming work is done on behalf of you. God is the one who does the work in baptism. God commands his servants to apply the waters of baptism...
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    the Holy Spirit our teacher

    The you in 1 John 2:20-27 is plural. The passage is addressed to the community. It is not a promise of individual guidance. 1 John 2:18-27 Children, it is the last hour, and as you have heard that antichrist is coming, so now many antichrists have come. Therefore we know that it is the last...
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    The Filioque Clause

    Double breasted one? Where's that said?
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Only God's works. None that are human. Yet human beings do things do they not? Anyway Baptism is with water and the Spirit (John 3:5). It saves (1Peter 3:21). It washes away sins (Acts 22:16). It regenerates and renews in the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). It unites to Christ and brings about death to...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    It's baptism. It is with water and the Spirit (John 3:5). It saves (1Peter 3:21). It washes away sins (Acts 22:16). It regenerates and renews in the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5). It unites to Christ and brings about death to sin and resurrection with Christ (Romans 6:3-9). These are the things...
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Baptism does what circumcision use to do. :) Baptism also does more than circumcision used to do.
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Baptism does what circumcision use to do.
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    Reform

    There's a lot said about protestantism and reform. A good amount of it is myth. Some is just pure fabrication. And some is factually correct. This fifteen minute video gives a fairly entertaining and fairly accurate summary of the main events of the period.
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    What are you eating? - Part 2

    Truly truly I say to you, I would not cook a meal in another person's home - family excepted.
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    So... What are YOU doing? - Part 4

    My living room and bedroom views are across a valley. At the bottom of the valley is a little river.
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    What are you eating? - Part 2

    Only you can answer that question. Being a jerk is an art for some. I mistake for others. And a cause for embarrassment with repentance for some.
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    The Filioque Clause

    Some argue that way. What's your take on him being "Our Father in heaven" and Jesus is a male and when Jesus spoke using personal pronouns about the Holy Spirit he said "he". Is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit allegorical as far as pronouns, titles, and human gender concerned?
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    the meaning of Baptism

    Both Jesus and John were circumcised as infants. Circumcision made them part of the people of Israel. Without it they would have been cut off from the people (it is a play on words).
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    Coffee, tea, and theology

    mmmmmmmmmmm bacon :smirk:
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    The Filioque Clause

    Isn't poetry a wonderful thing.
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    what are you feeling right now?

    I had a lovely day. And a lovely snooze too. All most excellent.
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