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Posts with tag: baptism
January 7, 2014Inviting Folks to the Font: “How Much Does It Cost?”
How much does baptism in Christ cost? Nothing. And everything.
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March 5, 2013
What's Significant about the Catholic/Reformed Dialogue Agreement on Baptism?
The Reformed and Roman Catholics appear to interpret biblical and patristic "sources with hermeneutics conditioned by confessional and dogmatic assumptions held a priori. This is most especially true in the reading of central texts from the corpus of Augustine’s works on baptism, faith, justification, sacrament and original sin. . . . Indeed, the reconciliation of approaches to the reading of Augustine may open a path for exchange and understanding between both churches in a way never before achieved."
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October 30, 2012
What If
If we tell the truth about our mistakes and God-neediness, we’re afraid others will ridicule, condemn, or reject us (like Christ on the cross?).
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July 17, 2012
GA Rain
In baptism God calls us to soak in divine compassion and care for our church body and the bodies of others in the world God so loves.
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June 13, 2012
Remember Your Baptism
As we remember our baptism, I am convinced, with Calvin, that the Lord will be “pleased to lavish” all the things signified by the sacraments upon us.
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February 8, 2012
Grace Poured Out
Does pouring water into the font at the assurance of pardon imply grace is limited to the baptized?
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July 6, 2011
Big Tent, Big Font
Given that the theme for the 2011 Big Tent Event was "Grow Christ's Church Deep and Wide" we wanted to have a deep and wide font as a sign of the source of Christian life and identity: our baptism into the name of the triune God.
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June 6, 2011
Take me to the river....
Partly because I am a river person, when I think about water in general, I think about rivers. When I think of baptismal waters, I think of rivers – life-giving, life-sustaining, always moving forward.
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