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24 August, 2005   comments: (0) Today's Worship   Seeker-Sensitive Scuba Sacrament Tom Ascol of Founders Ministries, reports on a new DVD called "Baptism Central", designed to help children overcome any hesitations about being baptized. Along the way, the DVD ends up making a circus out of this important ordinance of Christ. According to Tom, the DVD, which features a man dressed in a scuba outfit standing in a baptismal tub, was perhaps an inevitable extension of the wave started 5 or 6 years ago by the church that created the DVD. A former Disney designer was hired by the church to design a new children's worship area that included two sets, Toon Town and Planet 45. Included in the design is a special baptistry which is built in a fire engine. When a child is baptized, the sirens sound and confetti is fired out of cannons. When one of the children in the DVD is asked what baptism is, she answers: "Baptism is the celebration that I asked Jesus into my heart. . . . A baptism is kind of like a birthday party. . ." Quoting Tom Ascol: "The desire to help children (and adults) understand and prepare for baptism is commendable. But this DVD strikes me as one more example of the quest for relevance resulting in the loss of significance. Baptism is a vital ordinance--sacrament, if you will--of the church. Many of our forefathers suffered greatly at the hands of persecutors because of their commitment to observe it according to the New Testament pattern. To see it being treated so flippantly detracts from its meaning and purpose." Read the rest of Tom Ascol's report on his blog: http://www.founders.org/blog/2005/08/baptism-central.html Posted by: Jim B.   Link: http://www.oldtruth.com/blog.cfm/id.2.pid.32   Be the first to post a comment about this article        Home  |   About  |  Videos   |  Calvinism