Tag: Baptism

Part 1Part 2Part 1 The following article by John L. Waller is from The Western Baptist Review, Vol. IV. No. 5, Frankfort, Ky., January, 1849 -- Even during the world’s midnight, when the dark cloud of papal superstition was spread in blackness over the moral sky of the civilized nations, here and th...

Part 1Part 2Part 2 The following article by John L. Waller is from The Western Baptist Review, Vol. IV, No. 7, Frankfort, KY, March 1849 -- The Waldenses were not Pedo-baptists. The proofs relied upon to show that they were, we have examined, and have demonstrated their utter insufficiency for the p ...

In the world today, there are a few sects and movements that think the Bible tells us that baptism is a requirement for salvation. Is this what the Bible really says? This research paper will illustrate how baptism is not a requirement for salvation. Heretical Teaching #1: "The scriptures include ba...

"Now I command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly."--2 Thess. 3:6. 1. We have endeavored to detail, in the previous pages, the features of the Christian churches generally. While the interests of religion retain...

Winthrop S. Hudson: James B. Colgate Professor of the History of Christianity, Colgate Rochester Divinity School, Rochester, New York, 1948–77. Professor of History, University of Rochester, 1970–77. Author of Religion in America and others.OriginsSome Baptists believe that there has been an unbroke...

"Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."--Phil. 2:3. 1. The death of Domitian, in 97, introduced Nerva, a tolerant emperor to the throne. In 98, Trajan became possessed of the sceptre, whose prejudices were very strong against the followers ...

"As concerning this sect, we know that everywhere it is spoken against." --Acts 28:22. 1. That vast tract of land, called by the Romans GERMANY, extended one way from the North Sea to the banks of the Danube, and the other from Gaul to the Maeotick lake. This immense tract of forests and mountains, ...

February 29, 2000 (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368, fbns@wayoflife.org) - Many modern Evangelical theologians exalt the fifth century Augustine, but for our part we reject him as a heretic. Many historians have wisely observed that ...

1. A Psalm Of Solomon. 1 1 I cried unto the Lord when I was in distress [ ], Unto God when sinners assailed. 2 Suddenly the alarm of war was heard before me; (I said), He will hearken to me, for I am full of righteousness. 3 I thought in my heart that I was full of righteousness, Because I was well...

Part I: New Evangelicalism - Its HistoryPart II: New Evangelicalism - Its ChracteristicsPart III: New Evangelicalism - Its FruitsThe following is part three of a three-part article, first published in 1995 under the title of Fundamentalism, Modernism, and New-Evangelicalism. THE APOSTATE FRUIT OF NE ...

Updated April 22, 2000 (first published January 15, 2000) (David W. Cloud, Fundamental Baptist Information Service, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061-0368,) - I have often been asked to recommend books on Baptist church history, and the following select bibliography is offered to assist those wh...

John's Background He is called the Baptist Matthew 3:1 and the baptiser Mark 6:14 to distinguish him from other John's and emphasise the distinctive ministry which he had. He was born about 7 B.C. to elderly parents named Zechariah and Elizabeth. John was raised in the priestly line of Aaron on his ...