Who Grimaced?

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Matthew Shaw wrote:

>Could you please tell me if you grimace at the suggestion that the New
>Birth experience is explained as Acts 2.38.

Not at all.

But, I don't think the question accurately represents Bro. Starcher's remark.

Bro. Starcher's comment was: "A lot of Apostolics are grimacing at [Bro
Shaw's] statement that Acts 2:38 has
'crystallized' to represent the New Birth for all Apostolics."

Bro. Starcher was not disputing the view equating Acts 2:38 with the new
birth as a valid and widely-held position. Instead, I believe, he was
challenging the statement that *all* Apostolics have come to accept this
interpretation. The statement is not factual, for there are many
individuals as well as entire Apostolic organizations that believe otherwise.

The statement did cause raised eyebrows for me, if not a full-fledged grimace.

Cary "likes Grimace best in McDonald's cookies" Robison