A THEOLOGY OF HORTICULTURE II Therefore the only question remaining is “How do we get ourselves attached to this new Vine of Christ?” The answer is that we have to be grafted in. That means that we have to be broken off the old Vine of Adam and grafted into the New Vine of Christ, [...]
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HOW GOD MAKES CHRISTIANS II.1
A THEOLOGY OF HORTICULTURE I.I We are all born as branches upon the same Vine, Adam, the father of us all, who disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden. The Bible says that when Adam disobeyed God he died spiritually, he was deprived of the supernatural grace of God in the person of the Holy [...]
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HOW GOD MAKES CHRISTIANS II.0
THE CURE II.0 – BAPTISMAL REGENERATION The Administration of Holy Baptism begins on page 273 of the Book of Common Prayer. After prayers petitioning God’s promises are said, the minister questions the sponsors. Sponsorship has been an important office in the rite of baptism in the Church at least back to the third century and [...]
HOW GOD MAKES CHRISTIANS II
THE CURE I: A LITTLE HISTORY In 1561, only three short years into Elizabeth’s reign (and the year Francis Bacon was born), an Order of Council was issued on October 10 to deal with the Puritan clergy within the Church of England. They wanted to eradicate any vestige of what they considered to be “Popery” [...]
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