Baptism – Following Through With Your Faith

Posted on 06/26/2012 by John Harris

Baptism is the way Christians publicly announce their faith

So everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven

-Matthew 10.32

4 5 cent baptism

The above picture is a baptismal pool from c. 4th century. Baptism is an adaption of the ancient Jewish practice of prostyle baptism. However, because Christian community is not a “nationality” so as to inherit by birth (cf. 1Pet 2:9), baptism is now practiced by all who repent and believe (cf. Acts 2:38).

Who is baptized? Continue reading →

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Was Hitler A Christian?

Posted on 06/25/2012 by John Harris

The short answer is no. Though many will point to the fact that he was technically a part of the Catholic church, the Pope told the Queen[1] that Hitler, in fact, was opposed to God. And you can’t get much more authoritative on Catholic matters than the Pope, right?

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Wednesday, I posted a blog entry about Christians and those opposed to Christianity (specifically Atheists, the new evangelical kind) and the claim that is usually made that “religion” (read: “Christianity) causes wars, suffering, death, etc… In that post I stated that Hitler was not a Christian. This, almost universally when I’ve spoken with Atheists, is met with something like “Hitler was a professed Christian…” or perhaps “he was a Catholic until the day he died.” Continue reading →

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Social Media, Sharing the Love

Posted on 06/23/2012 by John Harris

Social media is here to stay. I think people were silly to invest so much money in Facebook as a business, after all, it’s all about advertising, when was the last time you clicked on an ad in Facebook? Yea, me either…

SocialMedia

I do like social media, though, truth be told, I don’t spend much time on Facebook, LinkedIN, YouTybe etc. I get updates on my phone, but that’s about it. I use Twitter as my primary “embassy.” I think of it as “Facebook without all the annoying stuff.”  Continue reading →

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Kennedy’s First Birthday Cake

Posted on 06/23/2012 by John Harris

It took her a while to get the hang of the cake part, but the icing was delicious!

Everything is pink, I am man enough for that 😉

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SBC President, Rev. Fred Luter Jr.

Posted on 06/22/2012 by John Harris

Fred Luter is the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, this is news, so I thought it would be important to share my opinion on the subject. I think it touches on a few things: Race, Evangelism, Great Commission…

Luter Happy

I was not able to attend the SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans this past week, I just didn’t want to burn the vacation time or spend the money on the travel/lodging etc. But I was very happy with the election of Fred Luter as the president of the SBC. Continue reading →

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