tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168338580325083648.post2191091782259340997..comments2024-03-21T21:30:02.460-07:00Comments on GULF COAST PASTOR: Basic Baptist Doctrines / BeliefsDavid R. Brumbelowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08926980202240271362noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168338580325083648.post-66011339996215439032013-08-28T06:43:44.792-07:002013-08-28T06:43:44.792-07:00You’ve made a lengthy statement.
First, with a l...You’ve made a lengthy statement. <br />First, with a little more study you would find some of the church fathers did make statements in line with Baptist beliefs. For example, baptism seemed to be by immersion for the first several centuries after New Testament times. <br /><br />Second, Baptists and evangelicals look to the Bible, God’s Word, as their supreme authority for faith and practice. Therefore, if all the church fathers (Christian leaders of the first several centuries AD) disagree with our beliefs, that matters little, if our beliefs are supported by Holy Scripture. <br /><br />Third, if all other Christian traditions believe contrary to us, we will continue to look only to God’s inerrant Word, not tradition, to guide our doctrine. <br /><br />Finally, Baptist beliefs fit very well with the teaching of God’s Word. I challenge you to investigate it for yourself. <br /><br />As far as English translations, not sure what your point is. If your point is about the Greek word for “baptism,” even non-Baptist Bible scholars agree the Greek word normally and literally means to “immerse, dip, or plunge.”<br />David R. Brumbelow<br />David R. Brumbelowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08926980202240271362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168338580325083648.post-43757871814946013432013-08-25T15:13:36.781-07:002013-08-25T15:13:36.781-07:00Dear evangelical/Baptist Christian brothers and si...Dear evangelical/Baptist Christian brothers and sisters:<br /><br /> 1. No English translation of the Bible interprets Scripture in the manner that Baptists and evangelicals say that it should be translated.<br /> 2. No German, Spanish, or French translation of the Bible interprets Scripture in the manner that Baptists and evangelicals say that it should be translated.<br /> 3. The Greeks in the Greek Orthodox Church do not translate their Bible in a manner that agrees with the Baptist and evangelical interpretation. On the contrary, the Greeks share with western orthodox Christians, the belief in baptismal regeneration and the Real Presence of Christ in his Supper.<br /> 4. Their is no known evidence, anywhere on planet earth, that ANY Christian in the first 800-1,000 years of Christianity believed that baptism is simply and only a public profession of faith/act of obedience or that the Lord's Supper is simply a memorial service.<br /> 5. There is no evidence of a "Catholic" conspiracy to destroy all evidence of the "early Baptist/evangelical believers of the first century AD.<br /> 6. There is no evidence of Baptist/evangelical-like believers hiding out in caves for fifteen hundred years.<br /> 7. The belief that only "the true believers" of the Christian Faith can see the Baptist/evangelical interpretation of the Bible as the TRUE interpretation of the Bible, is a typical ploy of cults. "We have the truth, and only if you are one of us, will you see the truth". This position eliminates any threat to the cult's belief system by declaring that God gives the truth ONLY to "us". Thus, anyone who questions or challenges their beliefs is not of God, is not true a believer, is not saved.<br /> 8. When backed into a corner, Baptists and evangelicals will retreat to one of the above unfounded conspiracy theories or will find a new one such as your assertion that all English translators of the Bible have introduced their own (orthodox Christian) biases into their translation. Such a statement flies in the face of God's promise to preserve his Word! God did NOT preserve his Word just for ancient Greek educated/ancient Greek speaking evangelical Churchmen to understand!<br /><br />You are intelligent people. Open your eyes, my evangelical/Baptist Christian brothers and sisters! What you have been taught is false doctrine; doctrine that neither the Apostles nor the Christians of the first approximately 1,000 years of Christianity would even recognize as the teachings of Jesus Christ! Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168338580325083648.post-2990787523677576452012-04-06T21:41:08.763-07:002012-04-06T21:41:08.763-07:00David, thanks for this good overview of the belief...David, thanks for this good overview of the beliefs of Bible-believing Baptists. Many regular attenders of Baptist churches, and even many members of Baptist churches, do not really know what makes one a Baptist. This, of course, is the fault of the pastors who do not teach the Baptist distinctives to their congregations.Bruce K. Oyenhttp://biblicalfoodforthought.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com