how to become a baptist?

[Mike B]

meant to say is not what the Word instructs

This I agree with.

 

[Its_real_for me !]

This I agree with.

so you're ok with flamboyant preaching or do you agree with my post over all ? I see you and others as pretentious.

 

[Foxmeister]

so you're ok with flamboyant preaching or do you agree with my post over all ? I see you and others as pretentious.

During my lifetime I have seen many preach. There are those whose passion for what they are saying is evident in their voice. Then there are those who sound angry because of the yelling. The latter I don't care for.

 

[Armchair Apologist]

During my lifetime I have seen many preach. There are those whose passion for what they are saying is evident in their voice. Then there are those who sound angry because of the yelling. The latter I don't care for.

Passion is good. We ought to be passionate about certain things and when we express such in a passionate manner, such is often transferred to the listeners. Good preachers understand this.

There are also those whose theatrics get in the way of the message they are trying to preach and some think of "red-hot, flames from your nostrils, plaster off the walls, best Billy Sunday pose" antics as 'preeching' but devoid of any substance, it is all meaningless nonsense!

Best thing I could tell any young preacher is to be adequately studied, prepared, and prayed up and the passion will come naturally. Avoid the needless drama.

 

[Its_real_for me !]

Passion is good. We ought to be passionate about certain things and when we express such in a passionate manner, such is often transferred to the listeners. Good preachers understand this.

There are also those whose theatrics get in the way of the message they are trying to preach and some think of "red-hot, flames from your nostrils, plaster off the walls, best Billy Sunday pose" antics as 'preeching' but devoid of any substance, it is all meaningless nonsense!

Best thing I could tell any young preacher is to be adequately studied, prepared, and prayed up and the passion will come naturally. Avoid the needless drama.

these guys aren't young !

 

[Martin Marprelate]

Yes, and I think I am correct in saying that most of those early General Baptists were led astray into Unitarianism. Perhaps somebody who knows history better than I do could confirm or deny this.

You are correct. The early General Baptists disappeared into either Quakerism or Unitarianism. They were revived around the end of the 18th Century by a group led by a chap called Dan Taylor who left Methodism after becoming convinced of Believers’ Baptism. He wrote of his predecessors, "They devalued Christ and He devalued them."