Tag Archives: Baptist

A Baptist Joke and a Contest

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This was sent to me, indirectly, by a Baptist friend captioned “A Joke Only Baptists Will Understand.” But we in the Churches of Christ understand this one very well — I was walking across a bridge recently. I spied this … Continue reading →

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Ed Stetzer on Reversing Our Decline: Denial

Posted on May 8, 2009 by Jay F Guin

At this point, we pick up with Stetzer’s 2009 post, building on the 2008 post we’ve just covered. The SBC declined again this year in both membership and baptisms. You can read the news story here. There is some encouraging … Continue reading →

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Baptist Sacramentalism 2

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Jay F Guin

A while back, I posted the full text of an article by Stanley K. Fowler noting the increasing convergence of Baptist and Church of Christ baptismal theology. It turns out that was a pre-publication copy of an article to be … Continue reading →

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The Baptists’ Evolving View of Baptism, Part 2

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Jay F Guin

This follows up an earlier post on the same subject in which I posted an article by Stanley Fowler, a Baptist, noting the convergence of Baptist and Church of Christ views on baptism. That article has now appeared in a … Continue reading →

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Dialogue with Robert Prater: Baptism, Circumcision, Galatians, 1 John, and GraceConversation

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Jay F Guin

The question has been raised in private emails and comments here whether baptism might be a work. After all, circumcision, which is certainly a work in Paul’s vocabulary, is also passive. To answer this one, we need to get away … Continue reading →

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The Baptists’ Evolving View of Baptism (and the Churches of Christ, too)

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Jay F Guin

One of the most pronounced identity markers of the Churches of Christ and Christian Churches is our view of baptism. In contrast to most evangelical churches, we reject infant baptism, insist on baptism by immersion, and consider baptism the moment … Continue reading →

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