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Enumerate spiritual gifts that are not for today with some explanation.

darlingmissionaries wrote 3 weeks ago: When one looks at Romans 12:4-21, 1 Corinthians 12-14 and Ephesians 4:11-12 there seems to be six gi … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Missions, Spiritual Gift

Should bizarre substitutes such as potato chips and cola ever be used in the Lord’s Supper? Elucidate!

darlingmissionaries wrote 1 month ago: The Bible does not give a command for what should be used at the Lord’s Supper. There is a direct co … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, Lord's Supper, Communion

Refute proxy baptism (1 Cor. 15:29). What cult holds to it? 2 comments

darlingmissionaries wrote 1 month ago: Mormons hold to the idea that one person who is alive can be baptized for an individual who is dead. … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Baptize for the Dead, Bible Knowledge Commentary, .NET, Proxy Baptism

Pioneer, pastor or manager?16 comments

pompeypioneer wrote 2 months ago: Mark Berry started an interesting discussion recently. He was expressing a degree of frustration at … more →

Tags: Doing mission, Incarnation, Pioneer, priest, Comfort Zone, Mark Berry, Pastor, manager, administration

What is alien baptism? Should Baptist practice it?

darlingmissionaries wrote 3 months ago: Alien baptism is any form of baptism different from immersion and I would take it a step further and … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, Alien baptism, Baptism

Nowhere to run to?6 comments

pompeypioneer wrote 4 months ago: Is there any place that’s just for ‘us’? That’s the issue I’m grappling with just now. I’ve been ask … more →

Tags: Doing mission, Bible, Community, Conversation, Discipleship, God, Growth, honesty, Inclusivity

Presbyterian Ecclessiology 101... The greener pastures!12 comments

Jeremy Smith wrote 4 months ago: The NSW Presbyterian State assembly is having their annual meeting this week here in Sydney. There w … more →

Tags: John Calvin, Session, moderator, assembly, Elder, Teaching Elder, General Assembly, Presbytery

Refute Trine baptism

darlingmissionaries wrote 4 months ago: Trine baptism believes that an individual should be dipped three times forward in the name of the Fa … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, Hoyle Bowman, Baptism, Trine Baptism

Distinguish John the Baptist’s baptism, Christ’s baptism and the Church’s baptism. What does Baptism mean?

darlingmissionaries wrote 4 months ago: The word baptism means to dip or immerse. Baptism is “the initiatory ordinance”[1] Bowman goes on by … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, Hoyle Bowman, Baptism

State and refute the moderate and extreme types of Ultradispensationalism regarding baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

darlingmissionaries wrote 4 months ago: Ultradispensationalism does not believe that the church began in Acts 2. They believe that the churc … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, Charles F. Baker

Hanging with the abbot

pompeypioneer wrote 4 months ago: Mark Berry speaks passionately about the values of the ‘Safespace’ community in Telford– hospi … more →

Tags: Missiology, mission, church, Missional, rule of life, Community, parish, Incarnation, Communion

Militate against οινος being used in the Lord’s Supper. State and defend the proper element.

darlingmissionaries wrote 4 months ago: There are those who believe that proper drink for the Lord’s Supper is οινος  (wine).[1] To be able … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other, Larousse Gastronomique

Refute the Landmark view as to the participates in the Lord’s Supper.

darlingmissionaries wrote 4 months ago: According to the Landmark view only Baptist churches are the real church.[1] Which means that only L … more →

Tags: Biblical Doctrine, Systematic Theology, D. A. Carson, Douglas J. Moo, H. Leon McBeth, W. Morgan Patterson, F. W. Grosheide

A pain in the neck?4 comments

pompeypioneer wrote 4 months ago: Last week I had a fantastic visit with Mark Berry, pioneer in Telford. One of the key values of his … more →

Tags: Doing mission, mission, church, Conversation, Collar, Sacrament

Origins of the Secular Age

Matt Cullen-Meyer wrote 4 months ago: William Cavanaugh, in the essay ”The City: Beyond Secular Parodies” which can be found i … more →

Tags: Ecclesiology, Theological Politics, individualism, Political Theory, Politics, radical democracy, social theory

Modern Households and the Good Samaritan

Matt Cullen-Meyer wrote 4 months ago: In the book Sex and Love in the Home by David McCarthy “The Good Samaritan” (Luke 10:29- … more →

Tags: Ecclesiology, Family, Good Samaritan, Imago Trinitatis

Unleashing the Scriptures

Matt Cullen-Meyer wrote 7 months ago: Hauerwas, in Unleashing the Scriptures, offers the bold statement that urging Christians to read the … more →

Tags: Ecclesiology, Stanley Hauerwas, Scripture

Pioneer congregation?3 comments

pompeypioneer wrote 7 months ago: I increasingly find myself describing the parish aspect of my role as part of my role as city centre … more →

Tags: Doing mission, mission, Prayer, church, Spirit, Missional, tower block, Community, Pioneer

Envy's Narrative Scripts

Matt Cullen-Meyer wrote 7 months ago: Paul M Blowers in his “Envy’s Narrative Scripts” published in Modern Theology Jan … more →

Tags: Ecclesiology, narrative theology, Virtue Ethics, Rivalry


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