Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 41 Q & A 94 Q What is baptism? A Baptism is a sacrament, wherein the washing with water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost,*1 does signify and seal our ingrafting into Christ, and partaking of the benefits of the …
Westminster Shorter Catechism – Lord’s Day 40 Q & A 91 Q How do the sacraments become effectual means of salvation? A The sacraments become effectual means of salvation, not from any virtue in them, or in him that does administer them; but only by the blessing of Christ, and the working of his Spirit …
I find reading Karl Dahfred’s posts on Gospel work and its implications in Thai culture informative and thought-provoking, particularly when I think about how the issues raised translate back into western culture. Here he deals with why a decision to be a Christian could be considered okay, but submitting to baptism would not. That is …
I stumbled across Matt Viney’s blog on the weekend. Matt pastors the Wavell Heights Presbyterian Church in Brisbane and blogs at ‘Baptism And The Big Picture.’ Refreshing in its affirmation of covenant theology as being intrinsic to Presbyterian and Reformed theology (a diminishing, though not defeated perspective), the blog is an interesting read. Head on …
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