Going Dotty (Part 7)

<— Click here for Part 6 And so this is it, Christo Beetge’s* last installment. In four previous editions we have been asking, and progressively answering, this very practical question, “What does it mean to be a ‘Baptist’?” We come now to the concluding article in this five-part series conceived to help us as a [...]

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Going Dotty (Part 6)

<— Click here for Part 5 Thanks to all the flesh and blood people who’ve phoned, emailed and chatted to me in the last few weeks regarding my “slow slide off the face of the earth”. I’ve taken a bit of a “blogging sabbatical” brought on by a decision faced by my wife and I [...]

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Going Dotty (Part 5)

<— Click here for Part 4 Click here for Part 6 —> Figure 1: The Great Big Blue Dot. Click here to link to Part 1. So I’ve started to think seriously about what it means to me being a Baptist. While I was unpacking some concepts in my mind I came across this article [...]

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The Great Big Blue Dot (Part 4)

<— Click here for Part 3 Click here for Part 5 —> Figure 1: The Great Big Blue Dot. Click here to link to Part 1. I’m a Baptist, Independant, but Baptist non the less. While considering what that means I came across Christo’s article and have been most edified by it. Below is the [...]

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The Great Big Blue Dot (Part 3)

<— Click here for Part 2 Click here for Part 4 —> Figure 1: The Great Big Blue Dot. Click here to link to Part 1. Have you read Part 1? If not click here. Baptists are amongst those who would be so brazen (some opponents would unfairly say “opinionated” or “arrogant”) as to say, [...]

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The Great Big Blue Dot (Part 2)

<— Click here for Part 1 Click here for Part 3 —> Figure 1: The Great Big Blue Dot. Click here to link to Part 1. Have you read Part 1? If not click here. I’ve been speaking to a whole lot of Baptists lately and things are starting to solidify in my mind but [...]

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