The dissent against the medieval order was in 1517 already a millenium old and extremely widespread. Because it had been obliged to carry on under cover, so that conference between the dissidents was quite out of the question, it had gone in all directions. The “medieval underground,” as it has been called, was unable to [...]
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Leonard Verduin on the Diversity in Non-Catholic, Non-Protestant Christianity
Posted in Anabaptists, church history, Leonard Verduin on April 21, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Why Baptism of Believers and Not Infants
Posted in Baptism, Baptist Distinctives, Baptist Why and Why Not, church history, ecclesiology, infant baptism, SBC, tagged R.P. Johnston on March 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Baptist Why and Why Not (1900) Chapter 8: Why Baptism Of Believers and Not Infants By R. P. Johnston, D. D. Pastor Third Baptist Church St. Louis, Missouri And as they went on their way they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be [...]
Church History on Sermon Audio
Posted in church history, tagged B.H. Carroll, John L. Dagg on March 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While doing a little research recently on B.H. Carroll, I became aware of a series of church history lectures by on Sermon Audio by Pastor Michael Phillips. So far, I’ve listened to the lectures on Carroll and John L. Dagg, which are informative and inspiring. Much of the message on B.H. Carroll focuses on his [...]
Calvinists the cause of the “Down-Grade?”
Posted in Arminianism, C.H. Spurgeon, Calvinism, church history, Down-Grade Controversy, ecclesiology, heresy, liberalism, Presbyterianism, tagged Bob L. Ross on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
According to Bob L. Ross, Spurgeon blamed the Down Grade on Calvinism, or specifically, the “Hybrid Calvinism” that Ross says is taught by Reformed paedobaptists as well as some “Reformed Baptists” and those who are affiliated with Founders Ministries. As will soon become clear, nothing could be further from the truth, unless by “Hybrid Calvinism” [...]
Baptist Testimony on Baptism, Church Membership and the Lord’s Supper
Posted in Baptism, Baptist Distinctives, church history, church membership, close communion, confessions, ecclesiology, Lord's Supper, Regenerate Church Membership, SBC on December 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
1st London Baptist Confession (1644) XXXIX BAPTlSM is an ordinance of the New Testament, given by Christ, to be dispensed upon persons professing faith, or that are made disciples; who upon profession of faith, ought to be baptized, and after to partake of the Lord’s Supper. Matt.28:18,19; John 4:1; Mark 16:15,16; Acts 2:37.38, 8:36,37,etc. XL [...]
