Theology That Bites Back
In the New Testament we are taught that baptism is a sacrament of death and resurrection. All who are baptized are baptized into the Lord’s death (Rom. 6:3), and all who die with Him are also raised with Him. We are raised to life for our justification (Rom. 4:25). Thus coming to the waters of …
Today we are conducting baptisms in two forms, both credo and paedo. The fact that we do this might lead some to think that we have baptism in two kinds—but this is not the case at all. There is one Lord, one faith, one baptism (Eph. 4:5). Many believe that baptism is a signpost or …
Because we are walking in the path of our Reformed fathers, we practice infant baptism. Because we walk in the path of our evangelical fathers, we confess that faith is the sole instrument of our justification. Now because this child who is about to be baptized is not going to make a profession of faith, …
Introduction: The promise of the new covenant is that the new covenant will do what the old covenant could not really do. And what the old covenant could not really do is keep the kids. So the new covenant is not the time when all the unfulfilled promises of the old covenant are abrogated. The …
