tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639235.post113509515939342894..comments2024-02-15T12:08:49.940-05:00Comments on Sojourner: Baptism and the Lord's Supper: What's in a Symbol? Part 1Brad Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00197301845256854051noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639235.post-1135349715683554272005-12-23T09:55:00.000-05:002005-12-23T09:55:00.000-05:00I also think you mis-characterize the (viable) pae...I also think you mis-characterize the (viable) paedo position about baptism here, btw. They do not administer baptism to infants for the sake of what might happen: they administer the sacrament on the basis of God's promise to the children of believers.<BR/><BR/>Let's make sure that we say clearly that as baptists we reject the idea that baptism is a sign and seal of a derivative promise: we affirm baptism is the sign and seal of God's active work in the life of the believer. In some respects, we are "banking" on God's promise based on the evidence of a confession, but it is not a derivative promise: it is the active, first-hand work of the gift of faith, that we demonstrate in baptism.<BR/><BR/>Still, good stuff Brad. I'm going to part II now.FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639235.post-1135349348311558042005-12-23T09:49:00.000-05:002005-12-23T09:49:00.000-05:00You know how I feel about the fake baptist positio...You know how I feel about the fake baptist position (which is institutionalized in the BFM) that the ordinances are "just a symbol". What complete dookie!<BR/><BR/>Listen: the word "dookie" above is just a symbol, right? So who should get offended that I have used this symbol to represent what I think about the BFM's Cliff's-notes theology of ordinances? It's just a symbol.<BR/><BR/>Now look: if that reasoning <I>doesn't work in defending my use of "dookie" in my criticism,</I> how can it be used to defend any view of baptism at all?<BR/><BR/>"Just" a symbol? Who are we kidding here?FX Turkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16798420127955373559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13639235.post-1135215897954543912005-12-21T20:44:00.000-05:002005-12-21T20:44:00.000-05:00Looking forward to your Lord's Supper post.Looking forward to your Lord's Supper post.Jason Robertsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02286144758784567864noreply@blogger.com