Category Archives: Baptism

The Gmail Effect

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

The date on this WordPress draft tells me I’ve had this post rattling around in my head for over two years now. The JJS debacle has made me think about it more and finally flesh it out and push the … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Calvinism, Compare and Confess, Federal Vision, The Protestant Reformation | 17 Comments

Maundy Thursday

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

Since I’ve been really busy lately, I thought I’d take a break from Thesis Thursday. (Even though we’re in the home stretch — just three lectures left!) Everybody knows about Good Friday, the day of the crucifixion, but for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Calvin, Calvinism, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, History, Protestantism/Catholicism, The Lord's Supper, Worship | 12 Comments

Thesis Thursday

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

We have hit an anniversary here at Thesis Thursday. Walther’s 1st lecture was September 12, 1884, and his 32nd lecture was June 19, 1885. Then apparently the seminary took a summer break, because Lecture 33 wasn’t until September 4, 1885, … Continue reading →

Posted in Applied Christianity, Baptism, Christian life, Compare and Confess, Education, Gospel, History, Law/Gospel Distinction, Lutheranism, Protestant preaching, Protestant slogans, Quotes, The gospel, The Lord's Supper, The Protestant Reformation, Thesis Thursday | 1 Comment

Water is Thicker than Blood

Posted on December 12, 2011 by

Heard an intriguing quote from an unlikely source during my commute .mp3 listening. The discussion started in relationship to how “Christmas” seems to get earlier and earlier every year, no longer held back by the buffer of Thanksgiving. I bet … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Christian life, Church and State, Church relations, Civil religion, Ecclesiology, Guess the Good Guy, Protestant slogans, Quotes, Spirituality of the Church, Two-kingdoms, Who Said That | 20 Comments

Horribly Resistible

Posted on October 19, 2011 by

Apropos of some recent discussion of Lutherans and resistible grace, I was listening to the latest episode of Table Talk Radio in the car this morning, and they addressed this topic again. For the fuller discussion, crack open the podcast … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Calvinism, Compare and Confess, Lutheranism, Quotes, Table Talk Radio, The Lord's Supper | 60 Comments

The Sacraments Speak

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

[HT Pooka] T. David Gordon is always worth reading, and Pooka sent me an email the other day with a link to his thoughts on Auburn Theology. Note that .doc is lecture notes, not an article, so the prose doesn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Calvin, Calvinism, Covenant Theology, Protestantism/Catholicism, QIRE & QIRC, Quotes, T. David Gordon, The Lord's Supper, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Staying Ahead of the Curve in Little Geneva

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

David Strain at Letters from Mississippi makes some interesting observations about what Reformed Baptists and Federal Visionaries have in common. My question has always been, to the extent that Federal Visionaries are also typically paedocommunionists, and to the extent that … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Catechesis, Friday fun, Humor, The Lord's Supper | 12 Comments

Sola Lutherianus

Posted on January 12, 2011 by

From an article by Pastor Bryan “Theological Bull Rider” Wolfmueller of Table Talk radio entitled “Lutheran Exceptionalism“: Here is a simple question: What do Lutherans believe and confess that no one else does? Lutherans have a unique history, unique texts, … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Calvin, Calvinism, Compare and Confess, Confessionalism, Confessions, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Lutheranism, Protestant preaching, Protestantism/Catholicism, Quotes, Reformation Day, Reformed Confessionalism, Revivalism, The Lord's Supper | 18 Comments

Fesko on Baptism

Posted on October 21, 2010 by

I just read Riddleblog‘s gushing (and informative) plug, and wow, this looks like a great book! At the publisher’s website, you can see the table of contents (two whole chapters on Baptism as Judgment, eh?), and download a 29-page PDF preview. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Books, Plugs | 7 Comments

The Threat of Baptism

Posted on July 25, 2009 by

Recently, OHS Scott Clark posted about the Promise of Baptism.  While his distinctions between sign and signified, between baptism and union, are true and helpful, I am reminded how much more helpful Kline’s insights into baptism have been for me. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism | 35 Comments

Leave It To Dever

Posted on March 21, 2009 by

  There is plenty of brouhaha over Mark Dever’s recent 9Marks posting. First a Bird named Mike takes up fish not exactly in the spirit of Icthus. He complains that credo-baptist Dever shouldn’t speak so terribly about paedobaptists like us. … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Church relations | 47 Comments

An Imagined Exchange at a ‘No Creed’ Church

Posted on January 24, 2008 by

For those of you who have never heard of the Restoration Movement, Check Out This Page for a minute or two. You could also call it the “No Creed but Christ” movement.

Posted in Baptism, Humor, under-confessionalism | 75 Comments

A la Mode

Posted on November 13, 2007 by

Speaking of baptism and my sunday school class (and since Rick asked for a post on Baptism), my GCP curriculum on elements of worship had us talking this week about baptism. The curriculum mainly focused on the Philippian jailer, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Baptism, Compare and Confess, Education | 19 Comments