Philip A recently began a thread titled, "I, too, am no longer a Baptist." Philip's reasons are his own and I won't discuss them here. As a wise sage once said, "You gotta do what you gotta do." But Philp A. did get me thinking. When I joined the PB I choose the screen name "Baptist in Crisis" for a reason. There was a time when I thought I was losing my Baptist distinctives. I thought the only recourse for me was to become Presbyterian. And while I will never say "never", the last 18 months have done more to solidify my Baptist leanings then my doubts did to weaken them. My eyes were opened when I studied what pre-20th century Baptists believed. I realized how Dispensationalism and Arminianism had hijacked the majority of Baptist churches. I suppose you can say that I understood, for the first time, what it meant to be a real Baptist.
Here is the reason for this thread. I am interested in hearing from the Baptist's on the PB that are confident in what they believe. I want to know a few things: 1. Have you ever struggled with your Baptist beliefs? 2. What were those struggles? 3. Do you still struggle with some of them? 4. Why do you remain a Baptist? For me the answers are: 1. Yes. 2. Dispensationalism, Arminianism and post-modernism with the church. 3. Yes. The minority of Baptist churches that have forsaken Dispensationalism, Arminianism and post-modernism. 4. Mode of Baptism, administration of Baptism (who should be Baptized), ecclesiology and church polity.
Okay Baptist's. What say you?
Here is the reason for this thread. I am interested in hearing from the Baptist's on the PB that are confident in what they believe. I want to know a few things: 1. Have you ever struggled with your Baptist beliefs? 2. What were those struggles? 3. Do you still struggle with some of them? 4. Why do you remain a Baptist? For me the answers are: 1. Yes. 2. Dispensationalism, Arminianism and post-modernism with the church. 3. Yes. The minority of Baptist churches that have forsaken Dispensationalism, Arminianism and post-modernism. 4. Mode of Baptism, administration of Baptism (who should be Baptized), ecclesiology and church polity.
Okay Baptist's. What say you?