Category Archives: The Sacraments
Salus est Sacramentum (Salvation is Sacrament)
Hey everyone, So in my last post, I attempted to cram a gigantic idea that has been formulating in my mind and heart for a few months into a blog post. I fear that I mistakenly tried to address too … Continue reading
Filed under Ecclesiology, Evangelical Protestantism, Soteriology, The Sacraments
A New (Old) Perspective
One of the reasons that I have not been blogging much lately is because I have found myself within (what I hope to be) an expansion of my thinking and consequently, haven’t had anything of definite nature to write about. … Continue reading
Filed under Ecclesiology, The Sacraments
Against Credo-Baptism: An Argument from Covenantal Curses
Hello all, A friend of mine and I have recently been debating the issue of paedo-baptism over the internet and I thought I’d put down my most recent argument. I even put it in logical format to further my point. … Continue reading
Filed under Baptists, Holy Scripture, The Sacraments
Thoughts on the Infant Baptism Debate
Greetings, Here at DiscoverOrthodoxy, discussions about infant baptism (or more technically, paedobaptism) are not new. Sean, as a Reformed Baptist, holds to the credobaptist (believers’ baptism) position albeit with reformed inclinations. Being my best friend, the proximity he and I … Continue reading
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On Sacraments and the Evangelical
Hello Everyone,
Just for the heck of it, I have decided to post an edited version of my “On Sacraments” posts that has been joined together. This version is easier to read and has been made more concise. I briefly pursued publication with it but to no avail. Here it is.
On Sacraments and the Evangelical
Somewhere and at some point, Protestants became uncomfortable with Biblical Sacraments. Blame who you would like; maybe it’s Zwingli’s fault but I believe one could point a prosecuting finger at a significant compromise behind the doors of evangelical thought. There is much contained in that statement and it is at this moment intentionally vague. What if I asserted that behind all of evangelicalism’s public crusades for family values and cries at the demise of the moral fabric of America was a deal between the contemporary Church and modernism over which Gnosticism presided? What if I said further that this compromise has sterilized one of the most vital resources the Church possesses for its nourishment and unity, that of the Sacraments? If this seems too large a stretch, bear with me as we uncover the contract. Continue reading
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A Case for Weekly Communion
The frequency of the Eucharist. Perhaps you’ve never considered this as a pertinent issue. Isn’t it enough to remember Jesus’ sacrifice once a quarter? In fact, wouldn’t it be more meaningful if it is administered less frequently? We wouldn’t want … Continue reading
Filed under Liturgiae, The Sacraments
Anglican Sacramentalism – Rev. Robert Crouse
Hello everyone, Since the current topic at hand at DiscoverOrthodoxy is the nature of the Eucharist, I’d like to post a link to a wonderful article pertaining to it. My good friend Stewart linked it in one of his comments … Continue reading
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Concerning Transubstantiation: Part One
This blogging endeavor, among other things, has afforded me the opportunity to have discourse with Roman Catholics both on campus and in the blogosphere. The Catholic Student Association on campus recently gave me a free copy of their Catechism and … Continue reading
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N.T. Wright Lectures on Sacraments and New Creation
Hello everyone, I have listened to these two lectures given by Rev. N.T. Wright at Calvin Seminary a few years back on Sacraments and the New Creation. They are magnificent. They so eloquently put the institutions of the sacraments within … Continue reading
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On Sacraments: Part Three
((Continued from Part Two) In addition to a modern suspicion of objective religion, there is another component that has unfortunately been attacking orthodoxy for the whole of the Church’s existence. And even more unfortunate is the fact that this vain … Continue reading
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