To be in the new covenant is to have Christ's life and death applied to you. His righteousness imputed to you and Holy Spirit indwelling in you.
All tagged Infant Baptism
the final arbiter
"All things in Scripture are not alike plain in themselves, nor alike clear unto all" (WCF I.VII)
The Glaring God
While most people see the white baptismal gown and the godparents who would probably rather be having breakfast at some cozy diner, I see a heated exchange between the Lamb of God and the morbid angel.
Book Review: You and Your Household by Gregg Strawbridge
Strawbridge provides a veteran presentation of the historic Reformed position on infant baptism. Strawbridge demonstrates that covenantal thinking encapsulates all of God’s dealing with mankind. Infant baptism is the natural, logical, and biblical conclusion to consistent covenantal thinking. You and Your Household is written with clarity and is a great primer.
On Christian Baptism
There is no dead Lazarus in a baptist baptism. It is not debatable that in the symbolism (and reality) of infant baptism there is no movement from man apart from the movement of the man Jesus Christ. It is simply God reaching down in humility.
Presbyterian without Promise (Murray Edition)
"The efficacy of infant baptism principally consists in this that it is to us the certification or seal that God works in accordance with this company provision and fulfills his covenant promises. It is, after all, the Lord's own nurture which infant baptism signifies and seals."
Presbyterian without Promise
Yes, God has promised the salvation of our children. Yes, He has promised directly to them to save them. And yes, some of them spurn His covenant of promise and become apostate.
My Take Audio: Book Notes for Baptism Is Not Enough
The full written review can be found here. Even those who disagree will be able to find edifying elements to this book.
Book Review: Baptism Is Not Enough by John Crawford
Baptism Is Not Enough is written from a unique paradigm that the Bible “in fact applies to every area of life” (x). While many Christians may think they affirm this John Crawford does an exceptional job of showing the integrated nature of the covenantal reconstruction perspective.
Open Letter to Karl Barth (Part 4)
Sir, I think ultimately the principals of experience won your heart in relation to the experience of Christological realities. Address Calvin.
The Holy Spirit's Covenant
Contrary to popular opinion, it isn't enough to just "read the Bible" and make a decision. One has to struggle to identify their own paradigms and lens. Everyone has them and it is always hard to break away from them (even if they are correct) to evaluate the Scriptures afresh.
