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To: topcat54; kerryusama04; Diego1618; DouglasKC; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg
But it does not say that. Unless you belive that nearly the whole city is another way to denote baptized Christians.
If was a first century evangelistic crusade. If Billy Graham were a Calvinist, we would say it was a Billy Graham crusade.

Well apparently he wasn't much of an evangelist. He preached for weeks at a time and you're making the contention that not one person out of a whole city became a Christian? Or are you saying that everytime Paul baptized one he told them about a secret Sunday service (unmentioned in scripture) and that the the new Christians went alone to unmentioned Sunday services while Paul continued preaching on the sabbath?

234 posted on 10/15/2006 6:59:59 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: DouglasKC; kerryusama04; Diego1618; HarleyD; Dr. Eckleburg
He preached for weeks at a time and you're making the contention that not one person out of a whole city became a Christian?

Try reading it again.

I merely pointed out that the phrase "nearly the whole city" does not mean "the church", so whatever Luke was descrining is not a church worship service, but rather an evangelistic service of sorts. Some gentiles came to Christ and were baptized after this all happened. See verse 48.

241 posted on 10/15/2006 7:20:30 PM PDT by topcat54
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