sunday's scuds (may 6, 2007)

Yesterday at NewPointe, we wrapped up a quick, 2-part series that began on First Wednesday. We looked at communion on Wednesday and baptism on Sunday. Here are some of the scuds that were launched:

• "Your view of baptism probably has more to do with the way you were raised than any research you've done."
• "Jesus commands those who become his followers to be baptized."
• "There are exactly zero examples of infant baptism in the New Testament."
• "When you come out of a religious environment where you don't read the Bible, you're going to do what the church tells you to do."
• "There's a big difference between a version or a realm of Christianity where the church is the authority and one where the Bible is the authority."
• "It's easy to understand baptism. Baptism is a public declaration of a new association."
• "Baptism was not inherently spiritual just within one context. It was a somewhat common thing that became central to Christianity."
• "Baptism is for individuals who have individually, personally made a decision to associate with Jesus."
• "We don't believe there's any inherent spiritual value in infant baptism."
• "The tragedy of infant baptism is that it can give a false sense of security to parents and children."
• "If you ask the authorities in denominations that baptize infants why they do it, they may have some answers that make pretty good sense to you...but their answer will not come from a clear teaching from Scripture."
• "There are churches that teach that a person is 'saved' through being baptized. The Bible doesn't teach that."
• "Baptism is extremely important but it has nothing to do with where you spend eternity."
• "If you have not been baptized since putting your faith in Jesus, you need to be baptized."
• "Do it in a way to where it's public enough that it's a public declaration of this brand new association."
• "The issue isn't how or where, it's when."

For more information at baptism at NewPointe, check out this link.

You can also read Chad's take on the 2-part series right here.