It is interesting to see how the Neo-Catastrophist Henry Morris perceived Noah’s Flood — through his own spectacles of baptistic immersionism. There, he forgot it was only the unbaptized wicked who were totally submersed – and that it was only Noah’s family that was baptized, precisely by sprinkling from above. In his book The Beginning… Read more »
Baptism and Communion
God’s Methods for Christianising Our Modern World
God has not left us in the dark as to how to overcome Anabaptist (and all other deleterious) influences even in our modern World! Those methods are: firstly, the powerful preaching of the Gospel; secondly, the ‘improving’ (or daily living-out) of one’s own baptism; thirdly, the joyful outworking of the preached Word of God; fourthly,… Read more »
What About Baptism? – A Biblical Discussion Between Billy Baptist and Peter Presbyterian
DEDICATION To my dearly beloved daughters, baptized and covenantally sealed in Name of the Triune God in early infancy: To Johanna, who sang her first Psalms to His glory when not yet two years old; and to Annamarie, who has manifested a sweet spirit of general obedience as far back in her life as I… Read more »
The Baptism of John and the Fiery Believer Apollos
~~‘THE BAPTISM OF JOHN’ AND THE FIERY BELIEVER APOLLOS — [Excerpt from Rev. Prof. Dr. F.N. Lee’s M.Div. thesis Baptism Does Not Cleanse! (pp. 43-47)] Not just Paul258 but also Apollos259 soon became an important leader in the Corinthian Church. Earlier, Apollos the eloquent Alexandrian260 had listened to Aquila and Priscilla privately explaining the… Read more »
Have You Been Neglecting Your Baby?
Is your baby really a sinner? Does he right now need cleansing with the blood of Jesus? Where will your child spend eternity if he dies today? Is it required even for your infants to receive Christian baptism? When man fell into sin, guilt and death came upon Adam and all his descendents.1 Consequently, until… Read more »
Rebaptism Impossible! [Excerpt] – Acts 19: 1-7
NO REBAPTISMS IN ACTS 18:24 THROUGH 19:7 [Excerpt from “Rebaptism Impossible!” (S.T.D.), pp. 32-43:] Apollos was never rebaptized. He was mighty in the Scriptures and knew much about the baptism of John — even before his arrival in Ephesus. We are told he there received further instruction in the Christian way85 — yet without rebaptism! For… Read more »
Catabaptism in the Presbyterian Church in America
2 CATABAPTISM IN THE PCA – (Excerpted from Dr. Lee’s 1990 S.T.D. dissertation “Rebaptism Impossible!”) Baptismal advice to Western Carolina Presbytery at the 1982 PCA ……….. p. 3 Baptismal advice sought by Grace Presbytery at 1982 PCA …………….. p. 5 1983 secession from the PCA of the 1984 antirebaptist RPCUS ………….. p. 5 1983f: the… Read more »
Calvin on the Validity of “Romish” Baptism
CALVIN ON THE VALIDITY OF 'ROMISH' BAPTISM Baptism into the Name of the Triune God …………………………………p. 4 Adamic Presbyterianism: mankind's first religion …………………………….p. 6 Different deviations from primordial Presbyterianism ………………………….p. 7 Calvin's protestantization and exodus from Romanism ………………………..p. 9 Calvin's account of his own conversion to Christ …………………………….p. 9 Calvin's Institutes prove he was no… Read more »
Baptism Does Not Regenerate! – Calvinism Versus “Christening”
1 “A child should be presented to God, to receive Baptism purely, according to the institution [of the Holy Bible]. He is instead defiled [by magical sacramentalism] with many perverse and profane ceremonies. It is quite true that Baptism does not on that account fail to have its virtue as far as the child is… Read more »
What is Spirit-Baptism?
Spirit-baptism is the engrafting by God the Holy Ghost, in association with water-baptism, into the New Testament Visible Church at her birth on Pentecost Sunday. It still recurs thereafter, in association with water baptism, whenever new Members are thereby engrafted into that Church Visible. Symbolically, it signifies and seals the regeneration of God's elect. See… Read more »
