Tag: baptism
Celebrate Your Baptism Anniversary
Today is the tenth anniversary of my baptism (September 1, 2013). Christians of the past were commonly reminded to “remember your baptism.” Baptism was...
Q&As on the Mode of Baptism: Immersion, Pouring, and Sprinkling
Question 1. What is meant by the “mode” of baptism?
A. The “mode” of baptism refers to the way or manner in which baptism is...
What Do Protestants Believe About Infant Baptism?
This article is part of a series on what Protestants believe according to the great Protestant confessions and catechisms, especially the 25 Articles of...
Has the Altar Call Displaced the Sacraments?
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In this episode of the Holy Joys Podcast, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss ways in which the altar call has displaced the sacraments,...
John Wesley’s Ritual for Infant Baptism
The following ritual for “The Ministration of Baptism to Infants” is from “The Sunday service of the Methodists in North America” (pp. 139–143). It...
Infant Baptism and Christian Parenting
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Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss the long tradition of infant baptism in early Methodism, the Reformers, and the church fathers, its scriptural basis,...
The Church’s Authority and Responsibility to Forgive Sins
by Johnathan Arnold with David Fry
God alone forgives sins on the basis of Christ’s finished atonement. We are saved by grace alone through faith...
Ways CHM Churches Are More Baptist than Methodist
There are many ways in which the contemporary CHM overlaps with the Baptist tradition more than it does with historic Methodism.
Augustine’s Teaching on the Apostles’ Creed (Part 2)
Continued from Augustine’s Teaching on the Apostles’ Creed (Part 1).
(6) suffered under Pontius Pilate
A. The historicity of Christ’s Death
“He was in office as governor...
Virtual Communion, Virtual Church, and the Sacraments
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In this episode of the Holy Joys Podcast, Johnathan Arnold and David Fry discuss whether or not the church should offer virtual communion and...