Tag: Baptism
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The Original Paedofaith Essay
PAEDOFAITHA Primer on the Mystery of Infant SalvationBy Rich LuskAugust, 2004 In Psalm 22:9-10, David asserts that he had faith as an infant. He sees continuity between the faith he possesses now as an adult and the faith he had as a child, even in the womb. He explains that he had a God-ward orientation…
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X Marks the Spot on Baptism
Some of my X posts on baptism, collected into one place: A few notes on the debate over covenant baptism…. Some Baptists will claim the old covenant was merely physical (thus it included physical children) whereas the new covenant is spiritual (so physical children are excluded). But the core promises of the old covenant in…
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Some Notes on the Paedobaptism Debate
Some notes on the paedobaptism debate: 1. The fundamental divide between covenant baptism and the Baptist view is seeing baptism as a gift and work of God in which we receive a promise versus seeing baptism as act of obedience in which we make a confession of our faith. Is baptism about God’s promise or…
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Exhortations: Four baptisms, a funeral, and the Eucharist
God calls some to himself in the womb. Others he calls to himself later in life. R is one called later in life. God has worked powerfully in R’s life over the last several months, opening his eyes to see the horror of his sin and the beauty of Jesus. R has come to see…
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Baptismal Exhortation, June 2024
One thing conservative and Christian people do a lot these days is talk about how over several generations evil has progressed. It seems evil is growing stronger in our culture, year by year right now. Darkness is getting darker and covering more ground. Things that were once unthinkable and even illegal are now celebrated in…
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