PHSEELY@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 01/26/2000 5:09:50 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> dfischer@mnsinc.com writes:
>
> << One Sunday, the minister was giving a sermon on baptism and in the course
> of his sermon he was illustrating the fact that baptism could take place by
> sprinkling and not by immersion. >>
>
> It reminds me of an occasion here in Portland where a couple in an
> interdenominational church wanted their baby baptized, but most of the
> congregation was Baptist. So before baptizing the infant the pastor gave an
> "explanation" as to why infant baptism was OK. To which one of the Baptists
> leaned over to me and said, "I guess what he is going to do is wishy-washy
> the baby."
"But seriously folks ..."
Such an explanation will be wishy washy only if the pastor doesn't understand
the essence of baptism - that it's God's action & thus not dependent upon the
intellectual level of the person baptized.
In statu confessionis,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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