Personally I fail to see how a celebration of a baptism can ever be
appropriate. It too easily runs the risk of being seen as something that the
candidate has done. That is to say, we are celebrating an achievement of
someone. 

This gives the glory to the person rather than where it belongs. 

God bless,
Jeff



> -----Original Message-----
> From: john-thomas richards [mailto:jtrspam@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, 29 April 2008 9:09 PM
> To: soundofgrace@...
> Subject: Re: [soundofgrace] Baptism Celebration
> 
> Chad Richard Bresson wrote:
> [snip]
> > Of course, were I invited to the celebration of an infant baptism, I'd
> > probably go for reasons other than doctrinal conviction.  At the very
> > least, God is providing my family and I with a free meal.  :-)
> 
> Bingo!  (I finally got a "Bingo!"  W00t!)
> 
> The real issue here is *FREE BARBECUE*.  I do not see what the hangup
> is.  Free barbecue.  I mean, really.  It is free *AND* it is barbecue.
> The best kind of barbecue is free barbecue.  Barbecue that one must pay
> for is good barbecue, but barbecue that is given is even better.
> 
> Immersion-schmimmersion.  "Free barbecue."
> 
> Go.
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> john-thomas
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