On the theology of baptism: \u201cThere are historical arguments about baptism that say it isn\u2019t a legitimate means to God\u2019s grace unless you are immersed, or sprinkled, or poured over. That\u2019s the same kind of argument as whether prayer is legitimate if our hands are turned palms up, showing that we\u2019re receiving what God has for us, or our hands are turned palms down, showing that we let go of everything we cling to that keeps us from God\u201d (157).<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At times I sense Dean Nelson could be our generation\u2019s male Anne Lamott. He offers to us a disarming honesty along with an honest quest for God, but there\u2019s nothing romantic, idealistic or utopian. He offers the quest for placidity, not its secret potion. He finds God in plain sight, but his discoveries are less […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1733],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prayer-and-formation"],"yoast_head":"\n
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