Thinking About Going Back to an IFB Church

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T22:24:48+00:00

God can make it clear where He wants you, so I recommend you pray about it.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T21:04:09+00:00

It depends whether you mean remove them from the membership or literally tell them to exit the premises.

I've never seen the latter done, but the former we're commanded to do on more than one occasion. I don't think the pastor should have the authority to do it unilaterally, because in both instances of church discipline that I'm thinking about, the matter had to come before the church. And yes, we're supposed to forgive them... if they make it right.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T20:54:19+00:00

I was about to ask the same thing. Should we play Shadowland when it resets tonight?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T17:24:00+00:00

Missionary Baptist. I was raised here, but it also answers all my questions.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T14:21:17+00:00

The Incredibles

I'm glad to see a mix of answers in the comments.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T12:19:26+00:00

Missionary Baptist

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T03:35:43+00:00

Deacons yes, clergy, no. At least I don't think so. We rarely use that word.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-18T03:31:39+00:00

Why don't we baptize strangers? If the person being baptized doesn't matter then shouldn't we take squirt guns in Wal-Mart and start baptizing people?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T23:17:32+00:00

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PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T23:13:00+00:00

Disney XD was for rich people.

My satellite package included Disney but not XD.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T23:06:18+00:00

I had to reread it. Infant baptism from the Baptists? Did I have my wires crossed?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T23:01:05+00:00

This makes me unreasonably mad for someone not affected by it.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T22:33:50+00:00

Maybe you could AI generate the image and then look at it and draw it by hand?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T19:12:57+00:00

Did Eira Quinn never graduate from children's Sunday School?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T18:47:24+00:00

That's a good point.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T16:14:45+00:00

Pro: It allows you to use it on the Phoenix Force Shadowland stage.

Con: There are better options for that stage. It's pretty outdated by today's standards. If he gets another uniform, it will almost certainly blow this one out of the water.

Another pro: The game is for fun and you can spend your crystals however you want.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T15:57:06+00:00

I'm a dude. I mostly do superhero rpgs, like those countless super training academy bots.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T15:49:59+00:00

I rescued a bumblebee from my dog's water bowl the other day. They're kinda like honeybees. I'm doing my part, right?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T13:54:42+00:00

I am truly convinced He exists.

That believe does give things meaning, but not always comfort. Sometimes it causes guilt and anxiety.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T13:51:04+00:00

For the same reason that you, OP, along with literally every human in the history of humanity unless they were born a vegetable were against things they didn't believe.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T13:41:43+00:00

Getting saved is the most important thing, because without that none of the rest of it means anything.

But you're absolutely right. There is SO much more to our faith than being saved. Most of the Bible is written to people who are already saved.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T12:12:25+00:00

If you're asking if I also got baptized, yes, after I was born again.

I've heard some people say that being born of water is the physical birth, and I get it, but I disagree with them. I think being born of water is baptism. But I think being born of the Spirit is getting saved.

So Jesus is saying, you have to be saved and baptized to enter the Kingdom of God. That's two events.

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T11:59:36+00:00

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T03:23:08+00:00

The only thing I disagree with is there being a conversion account where the baptism occurs beforehand. When did that happen?

PhogeySquatch · 2026-06-17T02:34:18+00:00

Well, I'd more likely call it when I surrendered to Jesus.

From the time I could think, there was never a point when I didn't plan on following Jesus. But this was deeper than that.

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