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  • #91
    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
    I think that "membership" becomes important depending on the type of church government. If the congregation can vote on matters like salaries, purchasing buildings, spending money - there needs to be some mechanism to assure only those who are 'members' vote. In churches where the membership doesn't really get to vote on policy and fiances and stuff, there's no real need to have a formal "membership".
    I don't hear about this so much anymore, but there used to be an issue (back when large families were more common) that "membership" with regards to voting in church business meetings would be limited to 16 or 18 years or older, out of concern that two parents of a half dozen kids or more could influence those kids to vote a certain way....
    The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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    • #92
      Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
      I think that "membership" becomes important depending on the type of church government. If the congregation can vote on matters like salaries, purchasing buildings, spending money - there needs to be some mechanism to assure only those who are 'members' vote. In churches where the membership doesn't really get to vote on policy and fiances and stuff, there's no real need to have a formal "membership".

      There was a Baptist church about 90 miles from me where the "membership" was about 40 people, and they had a nice church building. Another nearby congregation of another denomination began systematically sending people to "join" that Church, and there were no safeguards in place to prevent sufficient new 'members' from joining such that the "new people" reached a majority, and voted to change the Church's name and denomination and install their own pastor.
      Kind of like "open primaries."

      I think it can also sometimes be an issue w.r.t. communion.
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      • #93
        Last edited by tabibito; 05-25-2019, 02:39 AM.
        1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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        Scripture before Tradition:
        but that won't prevent others from
        taking it upon themselves to deprive you
        of the right to call yourself Christian.

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        • #94
          The OP has been covered and NR beat me to it, but here is a short article anyway that reiterates some of Keener's insight on John 3:


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          When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. The saying is sure.

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          • #95
            It would seem that the founding apostles did not see hendyadys in that comment.

            Scripture Verse: Acts 8:14-17

            Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

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            Scripture Verse: Acts 19:2-5

            they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

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            1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
            .
            ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛
            Scripture before Tradition:
            but that won't prevent others from
            taking it upon themselves to deprive you
            of the right to call yourself Christian.

            ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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            • #96
              Originally posted by tabibito View Post
              It would seem that the founding apostles did not see hendyadys in that comment.

              Scripture Verse: Acts 8:14-17

              Now when the apostles at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent to them Peter and John, 15 who came down and prayed for them that they might receive the Holy Spirit, 16 for he had not yet fallen on any of them, but they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

              © Copyright Original Source



              Scripture Verse: Acts 19:2-5

              they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 When Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they began to speak in tongues and to prophesy.

              © Copyright Original Source

              You may be presupposing more uniformity of terminology and theological emphasis between Luke and John than is warranted.
              Geislerminian Antinomian Kenotic Charispneumaticostal Gender Mutualist-Egalitarian.

              Beige Federalist.

              Nationalist Christian.

              "Everybody is somebody's heretic."

              Social Justice is usually the opposite of actual justice.

              Proud member of the this space left blank community.

              Would-be Grand Vizier of the Padishah Maxi-Super-Ultra-Hyper-Mega-MAGA King Trumpius Rex.

              Justice for Ashli Babbitt!

              Justice for Matthew Perna!

              Arrest Ray Epps and his Fed bosses!

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              • #97
                Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                He was adding the component of the spiritual - it wasn't enough just to be "born" -- I've had people say "Well, I'm a Christian - I was practically BORN in Church". I always ask them, "well, if a cat crawled into an oven and gave birth to kittens, would you call them muffins?"
                Well, you'd have to name at least one of them that.

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                • #98
                  Originally posted by NorrinRadd View Post
                  You may be presupposing more uniformity of terminology and theological emphasis between Luke and John than is warranted.
                  Luke provides the only (almost) explicit link between receiving the Holy Spirit and baptism in the Holy Spirit (demonstrating that they are one and the same), and the only records that demonstrate that baptism into Christ is baptism with water and distinct from baptism into the Holy Spirit.
                  1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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                  Scripture before Tradition:
                  but that won't prevent others from
                  taking it upon themselves to deprive you
                  of the right to call yourself Christian.

                  ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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                  • #99
                    Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                    I don't hear about this so much anymore, but there used to be an issue (back when large families were more common) that "membership" with regards to voting in church business meetings would be limited to 16 or 18 years or older, out of concern that two parents of a half dozen kids or more could influence those kids to vote a certain way....
                    Working at this sorta back to front, since it exploded overnight. In my parish (as seems to be usual), voting members are those 18 years of age and older in good standing (that is, they have been received into the church and attend at least semi-regularly).
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                    • Originally posted by Scrawly View Post
                      The OP has been covered and NR beat me to it, but here is a short article anyway that reiterates some of Keener's insight on John 3:


                      Source

                      When the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This Spirit he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life. The saying is sure.
                      I respect Dr. Keener, but what he's saying here regarding similarities between Jewish ritual baths and early Christian baptism simply does not stand up to closer examination (see Dr. Everett Ferguson, Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries). From what I recall, it is rather unclear that Jews even practiced initiatory baptism of proselytes at the time; if they did, it is speculation at best to opine why they did so, and in any case it was self-administered and temporary (as it was certainly not the only ritual bath performed by Jews at the time).
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                      • Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                        I respect Dr. Keener, but what he's saying here regarding similarities between Jewish ritual baths and early Christian baptism simply does not stand up to closer examination (see Dr. Everett Ferguson, Baptism in the Early Church: History, Theology and Liturgy in the First Five Centuries). From what I recall, it is rather unclear that Jews even practiced initiatory baptism of proselytes at the time; if they did, it is speculation at best to opine why they did so, and in any case it was self-administered and temporary (as it was certainly not the only ritual bath performed by Jews at the time).
                        1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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                        Scripture before Tradition:
                        but that won't prevent others from
                        taking it upon themselves to deprive you
                        of the right to call yourself Christian.

                        ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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                        • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                          Well I guess you are the one taking your chances.

                          Myself, I got baptized three times (OBP is mad about that seems to think it is frivolous) - I was baptized as an infant (mom was catholic) - then I lived a live without God until I was around 40. Then I finally got saved at my mom's baptist church in the boonies in another state from where I lived. Once I found a church home up here, I wanted to join. In order to become a member I either had to have a letter from my mom's church saying I was baptized, or I would have to get baptized again. It would not have been easy or quick to get the letter from my mom's church (not to mention my new church was nondenominational and my mom's church was old timey baptist and I was worried he wouldn't send the letter) so I got baptized again.

                          I think I am covered. Unless the anabaptists were correct, and then I am doomed.
                          I'm not mad about it - it just evinces a lower view of baptism is all.
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                          • Not having read Levine, I can't evaluate what he said about it. Ferguson goes into extensive detail - his tome is quite the doorstopper. And Ferguson is writing from a Protestant, if not Baptist, perspective.
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                            • Originally posted by One Bad Pig View Post
                              Not having read Levine, I can't evaluate what he said about it. Ferguson goes into extensive detail - his tome is quite the doorstopper. And Ferguson is writing from a Protestant, if not Baptist, perspective.
                              On the flimsy basis that nothing about baptism is explained in the gospels, I assume it was a familiar practice. However, I'm taking an agnostic stance pending the finding of a (relatively) non-religious write-up in an archaeology text.
                              1Cor 15:34 Come to your senses as you ought and stop sinning; for I say to your shame, there are some who know not God.
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                              Scripture before Tradition:
                              but that won't prevent others from
                              taking it upon themselves to deprive you
                              of the right to call yourself Christian.

                              ⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛⊛

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                              • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post
                                How would we even know what our parents did unless they told us?

                                Meanwhile.....


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                                I know an 8-year old who remembers being baptized at 1. It's not something I usually ask. IIRC George Blaisdell knew people who recalled being baptized as infants.
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