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I did not assert that it was a 'common practice' just that it would have been the practice of the Jerusalem church prior to the Council of Jerusalem in around 49AD since before then they didn't know any better.

Meanwhile, Christianity will continue to flourish in the Third World; African evangelicals are already sending missionaries to the UK to re-evangelise us.

True. But don't look for too much offence over it this side of The Pond. Obama may have a little difficulty next time he asks Brown for more British troops for Afghanistan I suppose, so his snub may yet bite him on the butt, but we'll see...

No, they're not the only two, just the two out of your list with which I'd agree. My further 'marks' would be: Apostolic authority and oversight (vested presently in the below) 3-fold ministry of bishop, presbyter and deacon Evidence of Trinitarian belief esp in baptism (Trinitarian...

Re the OP - it's already happening over here.

The Devil. :praying:

Except that Lent makes you stronger. Let me explain. It has the advantage of being for a fixed time period and is therefore eminently more achievable than if a goal is set for an indeterminate period; this fixed time period, not coincidentally IMO, exactly corresponds to the period necessary to...

Storm in a teacup. Obama knows that Brown is a washed-up lame duck and won't be around in 14 months maximum, so what's the point of the VIP treatment? Thank you for writing to the British Embassy but I don't know anyone over here who is angry about it apart from Brown and his immediate...

You see, I would disagree with those on your list as being characteristic of NT-era congregations, with the exception of the deity of Christ and baptism by immersion. The others on your list are unprovable from Scripture alone. You can argue either which way, for example, from Scripture alone as...

Oh I agree, but Tom Butler referred to the 'doctrines and practices of the NT era congregations' and being normative for Baptists and I was highlighting an obvious problem with that approach (clearly the early Jerusalem church did have male circumcision as one of its 'practices')

Specifically the Cathars of Languedoc and Rousillon, against whom the Albigensian Crusade was waged from 1209. Only because you're moving the tautologous goalposts. For the same reaosn that there were crusades against the Muslims - the crusades were misguided attempts by Christians to try to...

Yes, the arm of the state may have acted, but the Catholic Church has done nothing to him.

I thought the problem globally was overpopulation.:confused:

Because some of us are weak in our walk with the Lord and can't quite manage these things all year round.

I think before we go any further we need to clarify what we mean by 'doctrines and practices of NT-era congregations'. For instance, to take one example of a NT-era congregation, the early Jerusalem church, they practised circumcision. Presumably your Baptist church no longer does this and...

Allow me to expand on that: To get as close as possible to 'getting up with the sun and going to bed with it' one should rise and retire an equidistant amount of time from 12 noon Standard Time ie: get up at 4am and go to bed 8pm for 8 hours' sleep, which would generally mean the working day...

You'll get it back in the fall!

You're missing the point: the doctors are qualified to make that judgment call, not you or me - or the Catholic Church. Their considered advice, based on their patient's age, build and the fact this was not one baby but two, was that in all likelihood she and her twins would die if she attempted...

#2. You would be hard pressed to demonstrate that any of the Trail of Blood groups had Baptist distinctives. The Cathars (aka Albigenses) were gnostic dualists, as were the Bogomils; the Novatianists and Donatists were schismatic Catholics. As for the later groups which can be held to be...

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