An Open Policy: clubs, baptism, and grace

Update: 2013-08-25

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Baptism is not a membership ritual making one special but a declaration of God's love that says everyone is special. Jesus deliberately violated the rules of the Sabbath in order to proclaim a new vision of love trumping every religious rule and human-made boundary.

Text available at: http://www.stmatthews.org.nz/nav.php?sid=584&id=1385

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An Open Policy: clubs, baptism, and grace

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An Open Policy: clubs, baptism, and grace

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An Open Policy: clubs, baptism, and grace

Clay Nelson

An Open Policy: clubs, baptism, and grace