Baptism
The Purity of New Covenant Membership as a Defense of Credo-Baptism
Thursday, April 19th, 2007Although many credo-baptists will base their argumentation on the fact that every clear New Testament example of baptism follows a confession of faith, there are some who recognize the problem with this argument, namely, that while it is helpful and gives clear exemplary warrant for the practice to be followed in like cases for the [...]
Baptism in the Old Testament
Saturday, February 4th, 2006The common conception that, in the debate over the proper subjects of baptism, the believers-only position is more concerned not to go beyond the clear example of scripture, where the believers-and-their-infants position has seen fit to extend the scope of subjects beyond that of explicit biblical testimony, by way of analogous reasoning, is at best [...]
Credo Baptism: A Retraction
Tuesday, December 6th, 2005“Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason…I am bound by the scriptures I have quoted and my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not retract anything, since it is neither safe nor right to go against conscience. I cannot do otherwise, [...]
Credo-Baptism and Covenant Theology
Tuesday, November 8th, 2005Any attempt to support credo-baptism from within the framework of Covenant Theology has its own unique set of difficulties with which to contend from the outset. While much has been written in support of credo-baptism, the preponderance of these writings have directed the bulk of their argumentation against the foundational premises of Covenant Theology. If [...]