Category Archives: Church of Christ Doctrinal Issues

This post continues our consideration of arguments in favor of infant baptism other than original sin. Suffer not Here we need to introduce a statement by Jesus Himself on the subject of children and faith. In Luke 18, some children … Continue reading →

So life intrudes, you know. I’ve doing elder and husband stuff the last couple of days, all the while fighting an infection and pumped full of Cipro — which the doctor says in the drug of choice but which makes … Continue reading →

The Eastern Orthodox Churches do not believe in original sin, and yet they baptize infants. The same is true of Methodists, but the Orthodox have the most ancient tradition, and so that’s where we’ll consider this point of view. The … Continue reading →

I guess we have to start with the doctrine of original sin. The term is used in different senses by different people, but regardless of the vocabulary you choose, the idea is that Adam’s sin in inherited, so that even … Continue reading →

Recently, the Christian Standard ran a series of articles considering the difficulties posed by the doctrine of the “age of accountability.” The first article, by Teresa Welch, defines three related problems — Problem One: Lack of a New Testament Example … Continue reading →