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David Hayward is a pastor artistically stripping to the essential.
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Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes and gifts. My FLIP is in the mail!!
Contributions to nakedpastor are greatly appreciated. David Hayward is a pastor artistically stripping to the essential.
Sigh. I was that kind of Christian for too long.
The church can often get in the way of a living faith, can’t it?
we are our own worst enemies!
Absolutely!
(the world, and the devil aren’t too far behind)
Man, I have claw marks on my back from Satan gaining on me at this very moment.
it’s nice that ppl become Christians, but they often forget the “don’t be a jerk part” and love their enemies.
People are what they are. Their hearts still contain the evil that they were born with, even after they become believers.
Christians are a mixed bag… that’s for sure.
But God does change our hearts.
An accurate graph wouldn’t look like an escalator going up, but more like a roller-coaster.
And every now and then (not too often) we might love our enemies.
But God is the One who loves His enemies (us).
Best to get them babies baptized ASAP….so evil doesn’t get a foothold….
Evil Babies…that’s funny
I don’t think evil is funny at any age.
Maybe that’s why Jesus told his disciples to not hinder the little ones from coming to him.
That was great! I was in class when I read this and had to hold my laugh in–though it’s funny in a sad way.
Thanks for your work. Stay blessed…john
Infant baptism wasn’t introduced until the 2nd century and didn’t really become common until the 5th. It was no part of the early church.
That’s just not true.
Whole households were baptized in the N.T..
Please be honest and do not make things up. Both adults, children, and babies were baptized. Households were extended families and included ALL ages.
No where in scripture does it give an age of when to baptize and Jesus said to baptize ‘ponta ethnae’ (all people). He never said to baptize adults only.
This is a very short piece that refutes your claims, PL :
http://www.mtio.com/articles/aissar40.htm
Seen on a car bumper sticker,
‘JESUS LOVES YOU – but the rest of us think you’re a jerk.’
OMG I just realised, Heaven will be full of American Christians. I’m going somewhere else, anywhere else…
Tiggy…that about says it all!!! And are you so sure they;ll be there or do they just think they have the only express tickets?
Well there are many mansions. Maybe if I put in for a small attic I’ll be up the other end of town with the Hispanics.
Hey now, not all of us USican Christians are that bad!
I think it was Mark Twain that replied, when asked where he would rather go – “Heaven for the climate, hell for the company.”
Is Heaven colder than England? Remind me to take a pullover.
I’m taking this personally.