A long story, but I'll spare the details unless someone wants to hear them or thinks they need them in order to give a better answer.
What are your thoughts on courtship (and thus, potential marriage) between a paedo and a credo?
I'd like some insight from all angles - from fathers who may deal with this situation with their daughters, when a young man seeks to pursue their daughter but has differing convictions on Baptism....or from people who are currently married to someone with different views on Baptism, etc.
For at least some background, she is Dutch Reformed and I am a Reformed Baptist. We have discussed this issue at length (just our conversations with each other alone on the issue are probably up to 10-12 hours at this point). Her dad is an incredibly faithful man of God and an elder at their church, and has led his family in godliness very well. LOL, I think I have a crush on her whole family . Her brothers are great too, and are guarding her quite well I must say
She and I have HUGE agreement on a looooong list of things, including: headship, parenting, birth control, wanting very large families, homeschooling, evangelism, eschatology, presuppositional apologetics, presbyterian church government, the Doctrines of Grace, a disdain for Dispensationalism and New Covenant Theology, politics (both leaning theonomic), Christian liberty, and a love of good eastern-NC style barbeque.
But we both know, despite our very obvious attraction and great respect for one another, baptism is not and never will be a small matter. Your thoughts??
Thanks in advance, everyone.
[Edited on 6-26-2005 by smhbbag]
What are your thoughts on courtship (and thus, potential marriage) between a paedo and a credo?
I'd like some insight from all angles - from fathers who may deal with this situation with their daughters, when a young man seeks to pursue their daughter but has differing convictions on Baptism....or from people who are currently married to someone with different views on Baptism, etc.
For at least some background, she is Dutch Reformed and I am a Reformed Baptist. We have discussed this issue at length (just our conversations with each other alone on the issue are probably up to 10-12 hours at this point). Her dad is an incredibly faithful man of God and an elder at their church, and has led his family in godliness very well. LOL, I think I have a crush on her whole family . Her brothers are great too, and are guarding her quite well I must say
She and I have HUGE agreement on a looooong list of things, including: headship, parenting, birth control, wanting very large families, homeschooling, evangelism, eschatology, presuppositional apologetics, presbyterian church government, the Doctrines of Grace, a disdain for Dispensationalism and New Covenant Theology, politics (both leaning theonomic), Christian liberty, and a love of good eastern-NC style barbeque.
But we both know, despite our very obvious attraction and great respect for one another, baptism is not and never will be a small matter. Your thoughts??
Thanks in advance, everyone.
[Edited on 6-26-2005 by smhbbag]