Tag Archives: Baptism

Conversations with Baptists about Baptism

Posted on January 17, 2021 by ACTheologian

I’ve gotten in a number of debates with Baptists. Mostly online, some in person. None of them formal of course just more of a conversation really. At first I was seeking it out because I wanted to test what I … Continue reading →

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Church Fathers on Baptism

Posted on January 11, 2017 by ACTheologian

“And when we come to refute them [the gnostic], we shall show in its fitting- place, that this class of men have been instigated by Satan to a denial of that baptism which is regeneration to God, and thus to a renunciation of the whole [Christian] faith…For the baptism instituted by the visible Jesus was for the remission of sins” —Irenaeus Continue reading →

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Baptism: Immersion vs Sprinkling

Posted on August 8, 2016 by ACTheologian

“Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.” Romans 6:3-5 ESV Continue reading →

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Baptism of the Eunuch

Posted on July 27, 2016 by ACTheologian

“37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.” Acts 8:37 KJV Continue reading →

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Babies and Faith

Posted on January 9, 2016 by ACTheologian

“But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.” Psalms 22:9 KJV Continue reading →

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Water and the Spirit

Posted on January 8, 2016 by ACTheologian

“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” John 3:5 KJV Continue reading →

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Efficacy of Baptism

Posted on January 1, 2016 by ACTheologian

“Baptism now saves you” 1 Peter 3:21 Continue reading →

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Age of Accountability

Posted on November 22, 2015 by ACTheologian

“Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.” Psa 51:5 KJV Continue reading →

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Born Again

Posted on November 14, 2015 by ACTheologian

“Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.” John 3:5 KJV Continue reading →

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