When one looks at Romans 12:4-21, 1 Corinthians 12-14 and Ephesians 4:11-12 there seems to be six gifts that the early church had which are not in operation now. Before one can really discuss gifts first of all one must look at what a gift is. It is important to allow the Bible to interpret… [Read more…]
October 16, 2009
The Bible does not give a command for what should be used at the Lord’s Supper. There is a direct command that the Supper should be observed but there is not a clear verse that indicates that one must use certain elements and nothing else. With that said though it should be also stated that… [Read more…]
October 12, 2009
Mormons hold to the idea that one person who is alive can be baptized for an individual who is dead. This belief could have, impart, arose from 1 Corinthians 15:29 which states, “Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized… [Read more…]
August 8, 2009
Alien baptism is any form of baptism different from immersion and I would take it a step further and include any baptism that is from a church that is not from like faith and practice. That would include not accepting the baptism of a liberal church who does not believe in the deity of Christ… [Read more…]
July 13, 2009
Trine baptism believes that an individual should be dipped three times forward in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The reason they hold to this is because Jesus said that in Matthew 28:19 that they needed to baptize believers in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy… [Read more…]
July 10, 2009
The word baptism means to dip or immerse. Baptism is “the initiatory ordinance”[1] Bowman goes on by saying that “The ordinance is very important. Matthew teaches kingdom baptism (Matthew 3:2, 15-17; John 4:1-2) and church baptism (Matthew 28:19-20).[2] In fact baptism is so important that there are about 12 different types of baptism.[3] The reason… [Read more…]
July 9, 2009
Ultradispensationalism does not believe that the church began in Acts 2. They believe that the church either started with the conversion of Paul (Acts 9) or the extreme type put that the church began after Acts 28. Because they hold to this view they believe that the New Testament church, or the church that Paul… [Read more…]
July 7, 2009
There are those who believe that proper drink for the Lord’s Supper is οινος (wine).[1] To be able to see if this is what Jesus was telling the Apostles and then the church to partake of, one must go to the passages in which it is recorded what Jesus told the disciples. Those passages are: Matt.… [Read more…]
July 5, 2009
According to the Landmark view only Baptist churches are the real church.[1] Which means that only Landmark Baptist churches can baptize and give the elements of the Lord’s Supper. “Only a true church can set the Lord’s table, said the Landmarkers, and only church members can validly approach that table.”[2] This, of course, “resulted in… [Read more…]
July 4, 2009
Gonzalez says that this was an area of great debate during the “Carolingian period.”[1] Different scholars were having problem interpreting the words of Jesus when He said in reference to His Body (Luke 22:19,20). During the reformation there was some more debate about the issue as individuals left the Catholic Church. Dr. Bowman gives four… [Read more…]
November 6, 2009
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