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Thursday 31 May 2018

Baptism

Baptism is like joining a university. If you join a university and you say you “are concerned about the name the university has” you mean is it on a par with Harvard or Princeton or Oxford; you do not mean what name it is called - if you got in to a top university you would not care much if it changed its name - but if it dropped fifty places in the world rankings and was found to be fraudulently selling degrees on the black market then you would certainly care. Baptism is not about what words are used but about the ratings and reputation into which you are being baptised - and to which it will make you attached as a disciple.