Select Page

Outward Sign, Inward Reality – Part Two

The more I reflected about my earlier post, my mind went to this verse, spoken by John the Baptist: “I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the...

Outward Sign, Inward Reality

During my conversion to paedobaptism, I grew fairly cynical about the definition that I had always heard of baptism while I was growing up: “Baptism is an outward sign of an inward reality.” Of course, this definition was meant, in part, to discount the...

Why I’m Now a Paedobaptist

I have been a committed Reformed Baptist for almost a year now–I wrote a post about the reasoning that brought me to that position on January 3, 2006. In my post, I had written the following: First, you should know that I am approaching the issue from a...

Bethlehem Baptist Update

Awhile ago, I wrote about how Bethlehem Baptist (John Piper’s church) was considering dropping their requirement of being believer-baptized for becoming a member of the church. Apparently, that proposal has now been withdrawn. Here is a link to John...

Why I’m Now a Credobaptist

(Edit: I have since changed this view, but I keep this post up because of its importance to me for remembering the development of my theology. For information on my change, read “Why I’m Now a Paedobaptist.”) As some of you may know, I have been...

Pin It on Pinterest