Heidelcast 121: I Will Be A God To You And To Your Children (15)

Heidelcast

on December 5, 2016

This is the 15th and final episode of our series, “I Will Be A God to You And to Your Children.” If you are just finding us, the series starts at episode 105. As we wrap up the series it seemed to . . . Continue reading →

Turretin Answers Objections To Infant Baptism (7)

R. Scott Clark

on December 10, 2016

XVIII. The cause of infant baptism is not the actual faith of infants, of which they are no more capable than of that instruction by which the disciples of Christ are taught (Mt. 28:19). But it is both the universal command to . . . Continue reading →

Between The Anabaptists And The Romanists: Calvin Defended Infant Baptism Sola Scriptura

R. Scott Clark

on March 20, 2017 | 9 Comments

I do not, however, concede to [Rome] that Paedobaptism had its origin in the Tradition of the Church. It certainly appears to be founded on the institution of God, and to have derived its origin from circumcision. It would have little foundation . . . Continue reading →

Christ Is Our Red Sea

R. Scott Clark

on May 5, 2017

This does not happen by the physical water but by the sprinkling of the precious blood of the Son of God, who is our Red Sea, through which we must pass to escape the tyranny of Pharaoh, who is the devil, and . . . Continue reading →

Why The Reformed Churches Do Not Re-Baptize Roman Converts

R. Scott Clark

on June 11, 2017 | 27 Comments

XXVIII. In this belief we declare that, properly speaking, there can be no Church where the Word of God is not received, nor profession made of subjection to it, nor use of the sacraments. Therefore we condemn the papal assemblies, as the . . . Continue reading →

Between Magic And Mere Memory

R. Scott Clark

on September 11, 2017 | 1 Comment

When Christians receive the Lord’s Supper or when people are baptized, what happens? Is it the case that, as Rome claims, at consecration, the elements of bread and wine are transformed (transubstantiated) so that they are no longer, in substance, bread and . . . Continue reading →

Engaging With 1689

R. Scott Clark

on February 6, 2018 | 55 Comments

Recently I had opportunity to engage in a friendly dialogue with some Baptist academics over the merits of the project proposed in Recovering the Reformed Confession. That project is, as they say, wending through the publication process. Because of space limitations I was unable to do a couple of things, namely, to engage more fully with some of the texts and approaches to Baptist covenant theology (as distinct from Reformed covenant theology). Continue reading →

Resources On The Role Of Abraham In Redemptive History

Heidelblog

on February 22, 2018

Moses Was Not Abraham Abraham Was Not Moses Is Abraham “A” Father Or “Our” Father? (1) Is Abraham “A” Father Or “Our” Father? (2) Is Abraham “A” Father Or “Our” Father? (3) Abraham Was A Spiritual, Gracious Covenant The Abrahamic Covenant Unifies . . . Continue reading →

Baptists And Federal Visionists Together?

R. Scott Clark

on March 8, 2018 | 28 Comments

Let us define our terms. A Baptist is someone who believes that baptism is only validly administered to professing believers. He denies that the infant children of believers are the proper subjects of baptism. A Federal Visionist is someone who, among other . . . Continue reading →

What Happens When We Meditate On The Abrahamic Promise

R. Scott Clark

on June 15, 2018 | 13 Comments

For the record, a lot of ladies have told me they finally understand baptism because of, "I will be a God to you and your children" — Coleen Sharp (@reformed_gal) June 15, 2018

What Do We Mean By Sacrament, Sign, And Seal?

R. Scott Clark

on July 8, 2018 | 15 Comments

The Reformed churches and Reformed theologians (i.e., those who confess and teach within the bounds of the Reformed confessions, e.g., the French Confession (1559), the Scots Confession (1560), the Belgic Confession (1561), the Heidelberg Catechism (1563), the Second Helvetic Confession (1566), the . . . Continue reading →

Jesus: Baptism Is Death

R. Scott Clark

on July 16, 2018 | 9 Comments

In Luke 12:50, as part of a wide-ranging discourse with strong eschatological overtones, our Lord Jesus characterizes his coming death in a striking way. He said, “But I have a baptism with which to be baptized and how I constrained until it . . . Continue reading →

Heidelcast Series: I Will Be A God To You And To Your Children

Heidelcast

on August 25, 2018 | 7 Comments

The question of baptism, who should be baptized and why, is not just a question about the sacraments. It is a question that is integrally connected to the way we read the Scriptures (hermeneutics), the way we understand redemptive history, the way . . . Continue reading →

Talking Baptism And Defining “Reformed” With Theololgy Gals

R. Scott Clark

on October 21, 2018 | 49 Comments

For your listening pleasure: an hour-long conversation with the Theology Gals podcast (Coleen and Angela) on how to define the adjective Reformed and answering questions about baptism. Here is the episode. RESOURCES On Being Reformed: Debates over a Theological Identity by Matthew . . . Continue reading →

Is Persisting Sin Our Identity And May We Offer It To God?

R. Scott Clark

on November 12, 2018 | 1 Comment

A complex question came over the electronic transom this morning. It has at least two parts: (1) Is persistent sin (e.g., sexual sin or desire) our identity, who we are; (2) Does the Lord want us to offer this sin to him? . . . Continue reading →

John Owen Was Not A Baptist (Part 2)

R. Scott Clark

on April 11, 2019 | 19 Comments

Obs. I. Believers under the new testament have lost nothing, no privilege that was enjoyed by them under the old. Many things they have gained, and those of unspeakable excellency, but they have lost nothing at all. Whatever they had of privilege . . . Continue reading →

Does Romans 8:9–11 Require Believer’s Baptism?

R. Scott Clark

on May 21, 2019 | 9 Comments

A reader writes with a question about biblical interpretation and baptism: I was going through Colossians 2 when I read the footnote from the Reformation Study Bible… which sent me to page 41 for a more in-depth explanation. Infant baptism seems to make . . . Continue reading →

Yes, The Reformed Churches Do Baptize On The Basis Of The Abrahamic Promise

R. Scott Clark

on June 22, 2019 | 34 Comments

The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is the largest evangelical Christian denomination in the USA reporting a total membership of 14.8 million (of whom 1/3 attend weekly). The SBC is Baptist in name and practice but about 99% of the other 45 million . . . Continue reading →

For Whom Is Christ Mediating?

R. Scott Clark

on July 11, 2019 | 1 Comment

If you are an adult you know about mediators. It is not uncommon now, when one signs a contract, to agree to “binding arbitration” or to “mediation” either in lieuof going to court or before going to court. A mediator, then, . . . Continue reading →

Some Practical Consequences Of Reformed Covenant Theology

R. Scott Clark

on August 22, 2019

It is exciting to discover what are sometimes called “the doctrines of grace,” i.e., the teaching that even though by nature we are dead in sins and trespasses, we came to faith because God loved us in Christ from all eternity and . . . Continue reading →