Are believers in Christ required to obey any part of Old Testament law, or is all Old Testament law abolished? Both Dispensationalists and proponents of New Covenant Theology simply say that believers are under no obligation to any Old Testament law. In their view, the laws of the Old Testament are fulfilled and abrogated in …
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The doctrine of justification by faith alone on the ground of Christ’s imputed righteousness continues to be challenged or marginalized in the academy and in popular level teaching. As someone who wrote his PhD dissertation on the doctrines of justification in Richard Baxter and Benjamin Keach, I am convinced that modifying the biblical doctrine Of …
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The definition of a “Baptist" includes far more than our distinguishing doctrines and practices. What it means to be “Baptist” involves the whole of “Baptist identity,” which includes everything Baptists believe.
What is it that makes a “Reformed Baptist” distinct from other kinds of Baptists and Reformed folks? Reformed Baptists grew out of the English Reformation, emerging from Independent paedobaptist churches in the 1640’s for some very specific theological reasons, and they held to a particular kind of theology. Here are some of the theological identity markers of Reformed Baptist churches.
A number of groups teach that baptism is necessary for salvation. But consider the six main passages these groups use to support their position. I will argue that these texts do not teach baptism is necessary for salvation.
Most evangelical Christians understand that Jesus is God, but too few have an appreciation for Christ's humanity. The Bible teaches that Jesus is true God and true man, united in one person. Christ's humanity didn't have a divine glow about it. Rather, Christ's human nature was truly and only human, with a true body and …
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