Author: The Kiwi

  • Faith

    Faith

    https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Basics-Week-3-Faith-pdf-prep.pdf

  • Repentance

    Repentance

    https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Basics-Week-2-Repentance-pdf.pdf

  • Of First Importance.

    Of First Importance.

    Written 2010. https://kiwiandanemu.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/The-Basics-Week-1-Of-First-Importance-pdf-prep.pdf

  • Who believed the earth was flat?

    Who believed the earth was flat?

    According to popular thinking, the Middle Ages was a period of ignorance, often represented by the supposition that people thought the earth was flat. (Ever hear the contemporary phrase “flat earth thinking”?) It turns out that is a myth. Check out this quote from a mediaeval theologian – Thomas Aquinas. “the astronomer and the physicist…

  • Love the sinner; hate the sin – where is this from?

    Love the sinner; hate the sin – where is this from?

    Written some time in the past 20 years. It’s often said that the phrase, “Love the sinner; hate the sin” is from Gandhi. However, a good 1600 years before Gandhi, Augustine said it in his “The City of God“, book 14, chapter 6 (read this whole quote – it unpacks it well). …Wherefore the man…

  • Biblical Baptism.

    Biblical Baptism.

    Written circa 2007. Some links broken. Comments added at the end of the post. I made the comment in a previous post that I could not understand how people read the Bible and came away with the idea that baptism is only full immersion in the water.  I guess I’d better back that up with a…

  • Baptism: Answering Aaron on two men in a desert and a conclusion.

    Baptism: Answering Aaron on two men in a desert and a conclusion.

    Written January/February 2007. Some links broken. Comments added at the end of the post. I’ve enjoyed writing this series.  When I first saw Aaron’s second post on baptism by immersion, I didn’t expect to make any response other than to leave a comment that we would have to agree to disagree.  But something about Aaron’s post spurred…

  • Baptism: Answering Aaron figuratively and literally.

    Baptism: Answering Aaron figuratively and literally.

    Written January/February 2007. Some links broken. This is the third ‘Answering Aaron’ post.  The “figuratively and literally” in the title does not refer to my answering Aaron, but rather his discussion of the meaning of baptizo (and the noun baptismos). Literally… We have already seen that baptizo was understood to mean “ceremonial washing” in the…

  • Baptism: Answering Aaron about NT examples.

    Baptism: Answering Aaron about NT examples.

    Written January/February 2007. Some links broken. In these posts I am responding to a long post on baptism written by Aaron.  As I said, I am glad to discuss things with Aaron (though whether he has the time to continue is another story – I invite other input).  I must confess, though, a little exasperation with…

  • Baptism: Answering Aaron on 2 Kings 5:14.

    Baptism: Answering Aaron on 2 Kings 5:14.

    Written January/February 2007. Some links broken. Comments added at the end of the post. It’s always a pleasure discussing something with Aaron from his corner of the internet – he is a gracious conversation partner and willing to consider the other side. In a recent post of his I thought he had proved me wrong…