We often hear the cry “No creed but the Bible!” The Southern Baptist leader B.H. Carroll (1843-1914) provides an answer for this assertion: “There never was a man in the world without a creed. What is a creed? A creed is what you believe. What is a confession? It is a declaration of what you believe. [...]
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No Creed but the Bible?
Posted in B.H. Carroll, Baptist Distinctives, confessionalism, confessions, Defending the Faith, SBC on July 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Why I Am Now a Baptist
Posted in Baptism, church membership, confessions, infant baptism, Presbyterianism, Regenerate Church Membership, Westminster Standards on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Note: (2/15/09) Instead of merely linking to a post on the PuritanBoard, where I was then serving as a moderator, I thought that as I transfer older posts to this new blog that I’d include the full text here. The following is the substance of an email I sent to both the pastor of the [...]
