tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420510943723062313.post4846709097662884995..comments2017-06-06T06:56:55.307-07:00Comments on An Open Mind: Paul's Head Coverings (1 Cor 11) and Baptism of the Deadopenmindedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17442834554126853429noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420510943723062313.post-50104929939344638172013-12-10T15:32:26.882-08:002013-12-10T15:32:26.882-08:00Yes, well, I imagine the church at Corinth didn...Yes, well, I imagine the church at Corinth didn't have a bible + a couple millennia of theological maturity. Clearly, the church of Corinth grew out of a culture different from other churches of its day, which is true for all of the churches Paul wrote letters to. Such variety in the religious background back then in those areas. <br /><br />Comparing today's teachings and thoughts on Paul's overall message (that we can read--unlike the church at Corinth at this time--as a whole, in a book combining all his letters) to Corinth's primitive knowledge and experience is honestly a little silly. Apples and oranges. <br /><br />The emphasis on baptism is likely a leftover from rituals that the church liked from its members' previous religion combined with the new ones of Christianity. Or at least, this viewpoint should be considered more than the one that just outright assumes that Christianity during its heavy period of development is the exact same or is even capable of crossing the exact same mode of thought as your particular religious beliefs. openmindedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442834554126853429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420510943723062313.post-68376087055797045242013-12-09T20:00:13.635-08:002013-12-09T20:00:13.635-08:00I Corinthians 15:29
Otherwise, what do people me...I Corinthians 15:29<br /><br /> Otherwise, what do people mean by being baptized on behalf of the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized on their behalf?<br /><br /><br /> This is a very odd passage of Scripture. The Mormons use this passage as the basis for their belief in Baptism for the Dead. I will present the orthodox Christian/Lutheran view of this passage below, but first I would like us to look at something else in this passage that is odd:<br /><br /> If the Church in Corinth had been taught by the Apostle Paul that the manner in which one is saved is to pray (verbally or nonverbally) a sincere, penitent, prayer/petition to God, such as a version of the Sinner's Prayer, why does this passage of God's Holy Word discuss baptisms for the dead and not "prayers for the dead", specifically, praying a version of the Sinner's Prayer for the dead?<br /><br /> Isn't that really odd? No matter what activity was actually going on in the Corinthian church regarding "the dead", why is the discussion/controversy about baptism and not the "true" means of salvation according to Baptists and evangelicals: an internal belief in Christ; an internal "decision" for Christ?<br /><br />And even more odd...why didn't Paul scold the Corinthians for focusing so much on baptism which he had surely taught them (according to Baptists and evangelicals) was nothing other than an act of obedience; a public profession of faith?? <br /><br />Why so much emphasis on baptism?<br /><br /> Is it possible that the reason that the Corinthians were so concerned about baptism is that they had been taught by the Apostle Paul and other Christian evangelists that salvation and the promise of the resurrection of the dead and eternal life are received in Baptism, just as orthodox Christians, including Lutherans, have been teaching for almost 2,000 years??<br /><br />Gary<br />Luther, Baptists, and EvangelicalsGaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519721717265344702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2420510943723062313.post-52383417625484669952013-07-17T05:53:41.975-07:002013-07-17T05:53:41.975-07:00Great post checkout my latest post at
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