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Briefly today, I would like to respond to the statements in a paragraph in Dr. Clark’s latest blog post. After posing a question that he received from someone, Dr. Clark gives us an introductory paragraph in which he is laying out the early evidence that infant baptism was an established practice received from the Apostles …
Continue reading A Wrinkle in the Practice of Reformed Infant Baptism
I confess there are some things of common equity, the rule of life was the same then that now, and the same Christ that now is, was the salvation of the elect, such things therefore as are of such common nature, may be illustrated and inferred from one…
I am uncertain why it is the case, but for some reason there has been a belief spread over the years that the Particular/Reformed Baptists do not Confess or believe in a “Covenant of Works”. A cursory read of the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (i.e. the 1689) shows that there are both implicit …
Continue reading The Covenant of Works in the Second London Baptist Confession of Faith
Dr. Clark, thank you for reaching out to me regarding my comment on your blog with a link to my initial response to you. As that brief comment may not get approved, I will post some more clarification here. Hopefully this will further underscore the point that my original post regarding The Belgic (and Westminster) …
Continue reading Further Clarification on the Belgic Confession’s Article 34
In addition to my 3 recent posts, and a third forthcoming, we have several other posts that should prove to be extremely helpful in understanding Reformed Baptist thought related to covenants, typology, and other related doctrines. On Sam Renihan’s blog, we have the following 3 recent articles that he has written. Typology and Communication in …
Continue reading Roundup of Some Recent Blog Posts from Reformed Baptists – Updated 4/7/20
In my last post, I made the argument that the wording of the Belgic Confession (as well as the Westminster Confession) is problematic as it links the efficacious blood of Christ having been shed for the “children of believers” without qualification. The Westminster Confession also states that baptism is a sign and symbol of ingrafting …
Continue reading An Initial Response to A Critique of my Latest Post on the Belgic Confession
Introduction In the latest episode of The New Geneva Podcast, the discussion of Baptist and Presbyterian Covenant Theology was continued as it relates to Baptism. We got to witness another good discussion between Pastors Michael G. Brown and Samuel Renihan. Go check out both parts of this podcast! At one point (around 27 minutes in …
Continue reading The Belgic Confession, Like Westminster, Says Too Much Regarding Infant Baptism
In Presbyterian and Reformed Covenant Theology, there is a hesitancy (to put it mildly) to find any germ of “a” Covenant of Works in the Abrahamic Covenant. One can even be shamed for suggesting that “a works element” is possibly seen in the Abrahamic Covenant. For a recent example, see this thread by Nathan White …
Continue reading Calvin and the Dichotomous Nature of the Abrahamic Covenant
Recently, there has been some renewed focus on church history and what we believe regarding the presence of Christ in the Lord’s Supper, or Communion. Francis Chan made some statements to the effect that he didn’t know that for basically 1,500 years of church history – up to the Reformation – that everyone believed …
Continue reading Augustine (408) – Letter 98 to Boniface Regarding The Elements of Communion
While I understand the desire to be Biblical in the belief that there is maintained by God the Old Covenant principle of the inclusion, by default, of all members of a household into the New Covenant, I am firmly convinced that this is not the case. There is an abundance of proof in God’s revelation …
Continue reading 1 Corinthians 7 and Household Covenant Inclusion
