Moreover, although the sacraments are (given) to us for a pledge (arrabon), through which we are reassured of the promises of God, nevertheless I acknowledge that they will be useless to us unless the Holy Spirit should render them efficacious in us, . . . Continue reading →
Baptism
Zwingli Against The “War Engines Of The Anabaptists” In 1530
Hence I believe that there is one Church of those who have the same Spirit, through whom they are made certain that they are the true children of the family of God; and this is the first fruits of the Church. I . . . Continue reading →
Reformed Church Of Basel (1534): The Denial Of Infant Baptism A “Damnable And Depraved Opinion”
We clearly protest those strange and erroneous doctrines, which turbulent spirits have invented [so as] to reject and condemn, among other damnable and depraved opinions, as when they say infants are too small to be baptized (whom we baptize according to the . . . Continue reading →
Audio: A Frank Discussion About Baptism And Reformed Church Membership
We’re still talking about practice; not a game, not a game, not a game. We’re talking about practice. Continue reading →
The Reformed Churches Detest The Error Of Those Who Refuse To Baptize The Children Of Believers
For that reason we detest the error of the Anabaptists who are not content with a single baptism once received and also condemn the baptism of the children of believers. We believe our children ought to be baptized and sealed with the . . . Continue reading →
Oh No My Church Is Reforming! Chad Vegas, Chris Gordon, And R. Scott Clark On Reformation In 2025
We’re talking about practice; not a game, not a game, not a game. We’re talking about practice. Continue reading →
Audio: Chad Vegas On “The Bride Groom Of Blood”
At a lodging place on the way the LORD met him and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son’s foreskin and touched Moses’ feet with it and said, “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!” So he let him alone. It was then that she said, “A bridegroom of blood,” because of the circumcision (Ex 4:24–26 (ESV). Continue reading →
Heidelberg 74: Somos Hijos de Abraham
74. ¿Deben los niños también ser bautizados? “Sí, ya que pertenecen al Pacto y al pueblo de Dios, al igual que sus padres, y dado que la redención del pecado a través de la sangre de Cristo y el Espíritu Santo que . . . Continue reading →
Un Muy Breve Argumento a Favor del Bautismo Infantil
Hay alrededor de 60 millones de evangélicos en Norteamérica. La mayoría de ellos asumen o mantienen una interpretación Bautista de la historia redentora, una hermenéutica Bautista (manera de leer las Escrituras), y por consiguiente, una posición Bautista de los sacramentos o signos . . . Continue reading →
El Bautismo y La Circuncisión Según Colosenses 2:11-12
Lo que sigue es tomado de un ensayo más grande, “Una Defensa Contemporánea Reformada del Bautismo Infantil”: ¿Cuál es la conexión entre la Circuncisión y el Bautismo? La conexión entre el bautismo y la circuncisión es muy clara en Colosenses 2:11-12. La . . . Continue reading →
New Resource Page: On The Internal/External Distinction In The Covenant Of Grace
When God said to Abraham, “And I will establish my covenant between me and you and your children after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your children after you” (Genesis 17:7) and “As . . . Continue reading →
Circumcision And Baptism
In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith . . . Continue reading →
Calvin Versus The Baptists
But, to insist still more stoutly upon this point, they add that baptism is a sacrament of repentance and of faith. Accordingly, since neither of these can come about in tender infancy, we must guard against admitting infants into the fellowship of . . . Continue reading →
On The Question Of The Validity Of Lay Baptism
The laboring mother gave one last push and the baby emerged into the capable, experienced hands of the midwife. Infant mortality was high and the midwife knew it. She had seen too many babies that looked like this one die before they . . . Continue reading →
Babies And Baptisms For The Dead: Another Look At 1 Corinthians 15:29
I have to admit, I rather enjoy preaching some of Scripture’s difficult passages. Usually, I have a sense of invigoration in working hard to think through a challenging text and see how I can make good enough sense of it without punting . . . Continue reading →
The Hodges On Why The Reformed Churches Receive Roman Catholic Baptisms As Valid
All the Reformed Churches, as well as the Lutherans, practically and confessedly recognized the Validity of Romanish Baptism. Gallic Conf., Art. 28. “Because, nevertheless, that in the papacy some scant vestiges of the true Church remain, and especially the substance of Baptism, . . . Continue reading →
Berkhof On Why Reformed Churches Affirm The Validity Of Roman Catholic Baptisms
[The Reformed Churches] have generally recognized the baptism of other Churches, not excluding the Roman Catholics, and also of the various sects, except in the case of Churches and sects which denied the Trinity. Thus they refused to honour the baptism of . . . Continue reading →
Perkins’ Defense Of Infant Baptism
Infants of believing parents are likewise to be baptized. The grounds of their baptism are these. First, the commandment of God, “Baptize all nations” (Matt. 28:19), in which words the baptism of infants is prescribed. For the apostles by virtue of this . . . Continue reading →
Calvin: There Are Two Ministers In Baptism
In Baptism, the external minister baptizes with an external element, that is water, which is received bodily. The internal minister, the Holy Spirit, baptizes with the blood of the spotless Lamb, so that he that is baptized is endowed with the whole . . . Continue reading →
¿Por qué Toma Tanto Tiempo Explicar el Bautismo Infantil?
Ayer, alguien comentó en una de las plataformas de las Grandes Redes Sociales que la serie de el Heidelcast, “Seré un Dios para ti y para tus hijos”, les ayudó a entender y aceptar el bautismo de infantes (paidobautismo) como la posición . . . Continue reading →