We wanted to highlight this compilation by Paul Manata - The Philosophy of theNationally, the Southern Baptists have adopted statements discouraging women from being pastors, but their 42,000 U.S. churches are independent and a few have selected women to lead their congregations.
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While many in the church today, who having bitten off the principles of the world rather than swallowing the word of God, fail to recognize it, the truth remains that CHRISTIAN SKEPTICISM is not only our great heritage and long standing tradition, but also our Christian calling! (Swordbearer: Christian Skepticism – Our Great Heritage and Calling; July 07)
The key is how the different schools of thought withstand internal critique. Naturalism struggles with internal critique, because it is inductive by nature. Any of its conclusions can be viewed with skepticism, because we can never examine all the evidence in all relationships in all senses. It further refuses to admit to its own metaphysical components. For example, how can the naturalist prove the laws of logic by use of the scientific method, without being viciously circular? It is a metaphysical assumption held to by a groundless faith. (Puritan Lad: Team CS and the clash of the worldviews!; July 07)
If you say that God is “unnecessary in everything we know about”, how do you know that? Do you know “everything we know about”? Who are “we”? How did you come to know the meaning of the word “be”? You said that you don’t know where the universe comes from. How does that remove the necessity for God? At the very least, it is equally an explanation as any other if you don’t know. So then God is not removed from everything we know about, since the universe had to come into existence in order to exist. (Puritan Lad: Team CS and the clash of the worldviews!; July 07)
You mean to say that you actually have evidence that the universe wasn’t created? That would be monumental. Can you point us to this evidence? (Puritan Lad: Team CS and the clash of the worldviews!; July 07)
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What do you mean by connectionalism?
I do not refer to it as Methodism does, but as one put it on the Puritan Board: "...a word some of us... use to describe churches that are not merely in a loose confederation or convention, but consider ourselves to be organically whole."
For example, consider the handling of the matter of the Acts 15 matter in Acts 16.
Also, this article my provide some insights into church government, though it doesn't speak directly to connectionalism: http://bhpca.mypublicsquare.com/view/pca-a-hierarchical
I'll see if I can find some additional resources for you.
I thought that was what you meant. Overall I think our (Presbyterian) form of church government is superior. However, the congregational form that the Baptist have seems to be really good for rapid growth.
A Baptist church can split and in no time each new church will be larger than the orginal.....
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