The act of baptism itself does not save someone. It's merely symbolic to represent the death to self (being put in the water) and being resurrected in Christ (being pulled up to the surface). See Ephesians 2:8-9 on what is necessary for salvation. (excerpt by Hope Bolinger, What...
I am not saying that we should not address these things biblically, but what is happening, in my estimation, is that those topics are being addressed in the church by worldly thoughts and not in biblical thoughts. It is that very thing that led our church into a more biblically based deno...
It needs a rethink - it's time to move in the right direction. The parts of the car in your dream represent your beliefs. What are they? This dream is urging you to think about every action, thought, and feeling you have had over the past few weeks. Are you really doing what you...
commodification of life as well as disrupt the domestication of diverse cultural traditions, practices and communities” and to do so by drawing “… attention to the pernicious social effects of neo-liberalism and the corporate takeover of society that such shifts represent” (Carrette and King ...