My Baptist Heritage

This blog is not strictly about being a Baptist. I merely picked the name since it says where my roots are. I believe an open mind is not anathema to strong convictions. If you don't know who you are, how can you know what you are. Open discussion on differing points of view is the spice of life and we should love one another not simply because we see ourselves in others, but because of Whose children we are.

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Friday, April 20, 2007

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist?

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you don't believe in closed communion.

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you preach degrees of Heaven and/or Hell.

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you call the Bible the "word" of God. (I thought Jesus is the Word of God.")

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you allow potential members to join your church on statement from other denominations. (Yes, Independent Baptists are another denomination.)
So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you adopt teachings such as Premillinialism from other denominations like Jehovah Witnesses and Seventh Day Adventists.

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you think that Baptists are "Protestants."

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you hire pastors from other denominations. (Yes, Independent Baptists are another denomination.)

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you leave the Baptists, return to the Baptists and neither you or your fellow congregants think you've done anything worthy of an apology.

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you read and rely on versions of the Holy Bible that amputate great passages and/or aren't yet proven to be reliable.

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you aren't sure if Baptism should only be by immersion.

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you have never read the "Trail of Blood."

So, you call yourself a conservative Baptist, but you've never given any of these any thought whatsoever?

2 Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.

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