Perplexed! - Page 2

ILG · #11 09-26-2011, 01:32 PM

Sorry you are disappointed. They shouldn't bait and switch on you especially after you supported them for so long. Does the senior pastor know about this?

Other than that, I agree with Timmy.

Truthseeker · #12 09-26-2011, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Sarah

Well, you know what 'they' say....first the 'holiness' standards go, then the message.

Seriously, I've seen this happen too many times.

Does seem to be the trend.

aegsm76 · #13 09-26-2011, 01:44 PM

It would be interesting to see what the leadership says to explain this.
Baptizing in the titles is not an abnormal thing for the non-oneness world, but the sign of the cross makes it really weird.

RandyWayne · #14 09-26-2011, 02:40 PM

I would think that it wouldn't matter if they were baptizing in the name of Stephen Hawkings as long as the baptized were calling on The Name -but the sign of the cross is a bit weird.

deltaguitar · #15 09-26-2011, 02:45 PM

The sign of the cross doesn't bother me. I don't see anything wrong with it. My daughter went to preschool at a Catholic school and she learned that they did this after prayer. It is kind of like saying amen in my view.

I now go to a church that baptizes in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and truthly it doesn't bother me either. Of course, I already had left Oneness doctrine before I started going to that church so it didn't bother me.

Also, there are a few things to think about here. Was it a pastor of the church who was instructing the baptisms? Could it be that baptism in Jesus name only is not taught anymore and maybe students were baptizing each other and used the only phrase they knew?

houston · #16 09-26-2011, 02:54 PM

The sign of the cross affirms faith, belief in the holy trinity.

deltaguitar · #17 09-26-2011, 03:18 PM

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Originally Posted by houston

The sign of the cross affirms faith, belief in the holy trinity.

Well, to a lot of the christian world if you don't believe in the trinity you don't believe in the TRUE God of the bible.

Truthseeker · #18 09-26-2011, 03:20 PM

I'd check out!

houston · #19 09-26-2011, 03:31 PM

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Originally Posted by deltaguitar

Well, to a lot of the christian world if you don't believe in the trinity you don't believe in the TRUE God of the bible.

I couldn't care less about the rest of the christian world.

StillStanding · #20 09-26-2011, 03:41 PM

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Originally Posted by houston

The Catholics infiltrated your church. Bwahahaha.

I have read the statement of faith. Doesn't matter if it's titles or name.

This is from their statement of faith:
... that all of God's people are to be buried with Christ in the waters of baptism, subsequent to conversion. While we freely embrace those of contrary opinion, we feel that this rite is scripturally administered "in the name of the Lord Jesus."

Up until now, ALL baptisms at our church were done "in the name of the Lord Jesus". We didn't necessarily require people to be re-baptized if they had previously been baptized in the titles.