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Thursday, June 11, 2009

From drive-by baptism to dive-bomb baptism

June 11, 2009

Chris Tilling may still be engaged in encouraging drive-by baptisms, but that’s so passé. Some kid has decided on dive-bombing: baptise yourself while soaking the pastor. The key scene is about 25s in.

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Timothy, “man of God”

June 11, 2009
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I’ve been reflecting again on 2 Tim 3:16-17, outside the context of arguments over inspiration, infallibility, authority and all the other stuff for which the verse is mainly used as a text-bomb. I can see arguments for the NRSV translation that all this is “so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped [...]

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