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I'm out of time! Here are the passages about baptism related to or discussed by the Apostle Paul. (Compiled by AI).... Here are the...

It's not explicitly prohibited. It's just completely inappropriate and confusing. It might be the most contentious issue in the...

If you agree that the practice is not prohibited then we are in sufficient agreement to make the rest somewhat moot. I agree that there...

I, on the other hand, find them fully persuasive. Indeed, Paul was baptized by a devout Jew that knew nothing of the dispensation that...

That doesn't mean that they actually are. All of this is interpretation that is based on the premise that water baptism is invalid. It...

While the argument for "permissibility" seeks a middle ground, a consistent Mid-Acts Pauline perspective suggests that continuing water...

I've heard all of those arguments many time before and they are compelling to a degree but not fully persuasive. At the end of the day...

I like this one the best: "Warning, Warning, Warning, Will Robinson! There are Bible verses up ahead. For those in the audience who...

In reference to the bottom right square in that presentation, and specifically in regard to the issue of water baptism, it seems to me...

Regardless of how big the Bible is, if two things contradict, then at least one of them is false, UNLESS they are true at different...

I no longer recall why you were being ignored so I've taken you off ignore. Try not to remind me what the problem was, okay? There are...

The problem is that marriage implies new human beings. Ones who might rebel against God after He just got done kicking out everyone who...

I find it interesting that the command from God to "be fruitful and multiply" comes before Adam's statement on being joined together as...

To clarify, this is false: I do not. I'm simply pointing out that it's a prerequisite for "be fruitful and multiply" since it...