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Infant Baptism and the Early Church

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1702, 6th February, 2012
Read a short history on the subject (22 pages) by Anthony N. S. Lane, here. He makes a very persuasive case for the very early practice of infant baptism, and makes a pretty good case that the early Church had a diversity of practices with respect to age of baptism. Given that the apostles clearly [...]
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communism, the free market, and the early church

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1821, 8th March, 2010
In a conversation between myself and the legendary Joel Watts, we were discussing socialism versus free market economics.  And brother Joel said the following: And what exactly are ’socialist motives’? You mean live feeding the hungry, healing the sick, and having all things common in a community so that everyone is equal? Now, Joel did [...]
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