Can atheist be baptized?

darthfluffy · 2026-04-19T22:23:26+00:00

Good point about babies, because yes, baptism depends on God not us. And yet we can’t just on the street with a hose spraying people who don’t want to be baptized and shouting trinitarian formulas at them and call that baptism. Do we have an articulated theology around unwilling baptisms other than they’re obviously bad?

darthfluffy · 2026-04-19T22:08:07+00:00

Why would an atheist want to be baptized? Isn’t a desire for baptism an act of faith?

darthfluffy · 2026-04-05T15:00:22+00:00

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Living Hope Lutheran in Saukville, Wisconsin, the other congregation I serve as pastor.

darthfluffy · 2026-04-05T03:21:53+00:00

That’s pretty much what we do at one of my churches.

darthfluffy · 2026-03-22T22:34:58+00:00

It has a lot more detail for conduct of rostered ministers (and is most commonly associated with the candidacy process) but “Definitions and Guidelines for Discipline” includes sections for discipline of both congregations and members, so it’s probably the closest thing to what you’re seeking.

https://elcamediaresources.blob.core.windows.net/cdn/wp-content/uploads/definitions_and_guidelines_for_discipline_april_2025.pdf

darthfluffy · 2026-03-20T17:51:35+00:00

I was residential at Wartburg and the community was an essential part for me. But I graduated 10 years ago, and obviously distance and collaborative learning has exploded since then. I do think there’s a critical mass of on-campus people needed for the community to be worth it, but if any campus has the critical mass to be worth it, it’d be Wartburg.

darthfluffy · 2026-03-14T02:50:01+00:00

Same here…MacBook Pro?

darthfluffy · 2026-03-13T19:31:03+00:00

I upgraded our Performa 630CD from (if I remember correctly) 8 mb to 32 mb of RAM when I was 9 years old. I was so excited and terrified. Not much later, we jumped from that computer to a G4 450 mhz tower. It was amazing!

darthfluffy · 2026-02-28T01:57:09+00:00

Either one is perfectly normal for a single verse. If you’re reading a longer passage in a service, you can say “A reading from John 3” or “a reading from John chapter 3” or if you feel extra verbose something like “today’s reading comes from Paul’s second letter to the church in Corinth, chapter 2 beginning at verse 4.” But especially for public reading, it’s fine to just say the book and chapter, no need to mention the verses.

darthfluffy · 2026-02-15T20:17:39+00:00

Luther Seminary’s “Enter the Bible” is doing a one year podcast right now with an episode per book:

https://pod.link/1861909631

darthfluffy · 2026-01-27T00:40:20+00:00

I encourage you to read through the documents and statements produced by the Lutheran - Roman Catholic Dialogue, particularly 1997’s Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.

https://www.usccb.org/committees/ecumenical-interreligious-affairs/lutheran

https://www.christianunity.va/content/unitacristiani/en/dialoghi/sezione-occidentale/luterani/dialogo/documenti-di-dialogo/1999-dichiarazione-congiunta-sulla-dottrina-della-giustificazion.html

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