tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post2819437899117558887..comments2023-10-19T10:34:33.030-05:00Comments on Praisegod Barebones: PlumbingBart Barberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-78145495521362195762007-08-23T13:44:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:44:00.000-05:00Geoff,I'm glad that you guys worked things out. In...Geoff,<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you guys worked things out. In the words of the Ethiopian, "Here is water..."Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-41924602415268883972007-08-23T13:43:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:43:00.000-05:00Ron,Aren't you glad you aren't Campbellite? ;-)Ron,<BR/><BR/>Aren't you glad you aren't Campbellite? ;-)Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-52168348827968775922007-08-23T13:42:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:42:00.000-05:00Jeff,Brrrrrrrrrr.Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Brrrrrrrrrr.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-28992366574706344242007-08-23T13:41:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:41:00.000-05:00Bro. C.B.,Does the "man speech" address his behavi...Bro. C.B.,<BR/><BR/>Does the "man speech" address his behavior anywhere? :-) Thanks for the story.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-78475101146525152442007-08-23T13:40:00.001-05:002007-08-23T13:40:00.001-05:00Joe,It takes an awful lot of ice to make a differe...Joe,<BR/><BR/>It takes an awful lot of ice to make a difference, doesn't it?Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-36326999569529337192007-08-23T13:40:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:40:00.000-05:00Debbie,These things are so funny because so many o...Debbie,<BR/><BR/>These things are so funny because so many of us share similar experiences in common. There is indeed much that binds us together.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-69703932645749820932007-08-23T13:39:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:39:00.000-05:00Jeff,Yikes! Unfortunately for him, some stories pe...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Yikes! Unfortunately for him, some stories people are unlikely to believe, even if true.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-66784145222064672832007-08-23T13:38:00.000-05:002007-08-23T13:38:00.000-05:00Dr. Yarnell,I have another funny story about REALL...Dr. Yarnell,<BR/><BR/>I have another funny story about REALLY hot water, but I'll share it another time. I think most of us have been there. That's why I thought this would make an engaging topic.Bart Barberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14021102240441576393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-21164128325220311352007-08-23T12:05:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:05:00.000-05:00Bart,Actually, we're facing that "plumbing" issue ...Bart,<BR/>Actually, we're facing that "plumbing" issue right now. This Sunday we are having baptism on our church land, under our new pavilion. The only problem is ... no water. We have a large galvanized cattle trough in place, and we had hoped that one of our farmers or farm workers could haul water to fill it up. But, alas, no one has the equipment.<BR/><BR/>So this morning one of our guysAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-73995301791225073342007-08-23T12:04:00.000-05:002007-08-23T12:04:00.000-05:00Jeff,Your post reminded me of when I came to Chris...Jeff,<BR/><BR/>Your post reminded me of when I came to Christ as child (January 17th, 1973). The church did not have a baptistry, so they used the Baptist Camp's lake that was just down the road. They did wait though, because there (Illinois) we had snow and very cold weather. We moved to another church, before it warmed up, but this congregation was so poor, they could not afford to fill the Ron Phillips, Sr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15891614423106717280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-29945597764356900812007-08-23T11:43:00.000-05:002007-08-23T11:43:00.000-05:00Dear Brother Dr. BB,When I first heard the story a...Dear Brother Dr. BB,<BR/><BR/>When I first heard the story about the first group of Particular Baptists who were baptized in the Thames in January 1641/42, it did not dawn on me until later what the temperature of air and water must have been in January in London!<BR/><BR/>Having grown up in SBC churches, I have always knows indoor, heated baptistries. Now I am pastoring a church that meets in aJeff Richard Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733241874625816333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-87179938770617958382007-08-23T10:30:00.000-05:002007-08-23T10:30:00.000-05:00About thirty or so years ago an old preacher in Ke...About thirty or so years ago an old preacher in Kentucky told some of us preacher boys a story about a preacher and baptism.<BR/><BR/>It seems that the baptismal pool in that particular church was rather high above and behind the choir loft. Long staircases from the choir loft went up into the changing rooms on both sides of the baptismal pool.<BR/><BR/>After a baptism the preacher and a "newly CB Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230652312241919771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-36474746573088436612007-08-23T09:35:00.000-05:002007-08-23T09:35:00.000-05:00I remember the water being so hot we were carrying...I remember the water being so hot we were carrying ice from the local convenience store to try and cool it down.FBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16827391508042827125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-10186234443137459852007-08-23T08:34:00.000-05:002007-08-23T08:34:00.000-05:00Bart: You have a wonderful sense of humor. These s...Bart: You have a wonderful sense of humor. These stories are good and I'm sure that laughter being the best medicine, is doing it's job today. At least it is on me.Debbie Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17748664558802779885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-23204629656045449982007-08-23T08:20:00.000-05:002007-08-23T08:20:00.000-05:00Dear Dr. Brother BB,The DOM here in Fannin County,...Dear Dr. Brother BB,<BR/><BR/>The DOM here in Fannin County, TX is a wonderful man named Dr. Jerry Christopher. When he was a young, inexperienced preacher, he was filling the baptistry for the first time, and forgot to put in the plug. It began to fill, but took a long time. When it was almost full, about 9:00 Sunday morning, Jerry realized the problem. While the water ran, it would stay Jeff Richard Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733241874625816333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5643342666676162215.post-54752605062386712762007-08-23T05:08:00.000-05:002007-08-23T05:08:00.000-05:00Bart,I have had some interesting baptismal experie...Bart,<BR/><BR/>I have had some interesting baptismal experiences, especially with regard to temperatures.<BR/><BR/>When I became pastor at Lakeview in Shreveport, the baptistry had not been used in a while. The two years I was there we baptized about 25 people per year. Somehow, after it was repaired, the baptistry was always a sauna. The deacon in charge just could not believe that tepid water Malcolm Yarnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05527418213499559637noreply@blogger.com