A favourite paedobaptist proof-text (if I can be forgiven for putting it so crudely) is Acts 2:38, 39: And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the [...]
Posts Tagged ‘baptism’
paedobaptism and acts 2:39
Posted in baptism, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged baptism, Israel, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, The Church on March 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
macarthur on infant baptism
Posted in Bad Theology, Practice, Theology, tagged baptism, Reformed Theology on March 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
John MacArthur pulls no punches in this sermon about infant baptism. Give it a listen.
baptism and circumcision
Posted in baptism, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged baptism, Israel, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology, The Church on March 8, 2010 | 11 Comments »
In the recent past, I have been attracted to the arguments in favour of paedobaptism (pb). The reasons for such attraction are varied: the high view of children in such a system; the sheer volume of theological giants who have articulated the view; the, at first glance, strong claims from church history as to the [...]
darby on justification as pardon
Posted in Justification, Reformed Theology, Theology, tagged baptism, Justification, Reformed Theology on February 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In 1862 J.N. Darby, responding to criticism which appeared in a Reformed publication (“The Record”), argued that it was wrong to condemn those who denied the imputation of Christ’s active obedience as preachers of “another gospel”. Darby even questioned how essential the doctrine was to the original Reformers’ doctrine of justification. The following quote is [...]
thoughts on the subjects of baptism
Posted in Theology, tagged baptism, The Lord's Supper on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Ok, finally I’m getting some clarity with respect to the subjects of baptism. Here’s my thoughts: Baptists and paedobaptists generally both have an age of accountability. The baptists only administer baptism at this point and the pbs only administer the Lord’s Supper at this point. If pbs are happy to delay the Supper, then why [...]
reformed baptists?
Posted in Theology, tagged baptism, Justification, New Covenant Theology, Reformed Theology on January 30, 2010 | 10 Comments »
The last couple of years or so have seen me wrestling with the biblical basis of confessional Reformed theology. It proved very attractive to me after a very personal struggle with depression. Yet over the last few months and weeks in particular, I’ve been coming back around to a New Covenant Theological, baptistic hermeneutic of [...]
