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Is baptism important or just a technicality? When administering baptism should it be done using the Trinitarian formula ( Father, Son, Holy Spirit) or In the name of Jesus? You decide.



The Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics:
As to Matthew 28:19, it says: It is the central piece of evidence for the tradition… Continue

The Catholic Encyclopedia, II, page 263:
"The baptismal formula was changed from the name of Jesus Christ to the words Father, Son, and Holy Spirit by the Catholic Church in the second century."

The Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, I, 275:
"It is often affirmed that the words in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost are not the ipsissima verba [exact words] of Jesus, but...a later liturgical addition."

The Jerusalem Bible, a scholarly Catholic work, states:
"It may b… Continue

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Don't allow President Obama to remove America's most basic freedoms

Contact Congress today about proposed "hate crimes" legislation - before it's too late!

April 20, 2009

Dear Vincent,

America's most basic freedoms of speech, conscience and the free exercise of religion are under attack and the time to act is now. If President Obama succeeds wit… Continue

A Christian Nation?

by David Limbaugh



President Barack Obama said in Turkey: "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."



Well, I don't know what "we" consider "ourselves," but I do think we ought to examine that statement and why Obama felt compelled to make it a part of his world apology tour.

Can you imagine the Saudi king coming to America and bragging t… Continue

One of the reasons that prayer was taken out of school, because no Christians stood against the removal of prayer.
Are we going to do the same thing next Friday? If we show up dressed for Easter Sunday but fail to act on Silent day on April 17th 2009, what was the point?


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If your child's school allows "Day of Silence" propaganda, keep your child a… Continue