We Were Baptized Too

Download or read book We Were Baptized Too written by Marilyn Bennett Alexander and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Within the liturgy, congregations pledge to accept, love, forgive, and nurture the newly baptized member. The church, however, often lives out this covenant selectively, forcing its gay and lesbian members into silence, alienation, and doubt. We Were Baptized Too challenges the church to take seriously its understanding of baptism and communion as a means of grace, justice, and liberation.

Download or read book Journal of History written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1032 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On the Day You Were Baptized written by Taylor Young and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2019 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relates, through illustrations and easy-to-read text, events of the joyous day when an infant was baptised, splashed with water and immersed in the love of family, friends, and God.

Download or read book Faithful Families written by Traci Smith and published by Chalice Press. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new and expanded version of Seamless Faith, now with more than a dozen new spiritual practices and additional resources for parents, kids, grandparents, and communities that care about families! Add family faith moments to your daily routine with little or no prep, and share meaningful spiritual experiences with your children! Traci Smith, a pastor and mother of three, offers ways to discover and develop new spiritual practices as a family, whether you're a new seeker or a lifelong follower. Faithful Families is brimming with easy, do-it-yourself ideas for transforming your family's everyday moments into sacred moments! Faithful Families helps you: connect faith to your family's everyday life; add family faith moments into your daily routine; learn new spiritual practices alongside your children; teach your children to appreciate religious diversity with time-tested non-Christian and Christian spiritual practices; respond to life's everyday challenges and opportunities with meaningful practices Faithful Families is the perfect gift for Parents, Grandparents, Aunts and Uncles; Baptisms; Baby Showers; New Families; Christian educators and those they serve; Preschool Classes; and Godparents Faithful Families is part of The Young Clergy Women Project

Download or read book The Church written by and published by . This book was released on 1848 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Language of Love written by C. Franklin Brookhart and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2018-09-28 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever puzzled over a strange word in the Bible, a hymn, or a prayer book, or wanted to explore a familiar term more fully? In either case, this book can serve you on your quest for deeper understanding. Here you will find essays on topics from "apocalypse" to "worship," as well as narratives and insights by the author. Words matter for Christians, because they are the tools used in our journey with God.

Download or read book Baptism written by David F. Wright and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Baptism: Three Views, editor David F. Wright has provided a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views on baptism to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers' baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice.