Practicing Baptism

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467465615
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptism written by Michael Green and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-28 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Green offers biblical and ecumenical answers to disputed questions about baptism. The gateway into the church. An individual’s testimony to faith and repentance. The reception of the Holy Spirit. The meaning of baptism varies wildly between different Christian traditions. Seeking common ground, Michael Green turns to Scripture to assess the varieties of baptismal theology. Though Green assents that baptism is no substitute for saving faith, he endorses infant baptism, confronting common objections head-on. He also addresses the related problems of confirmation and rebaptism. Green’s lively and clear argument will challenge and intrigue readers of all denominations.

Author : Bård Eirik Hallesby Norheim
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630872849
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practicing Baptism written by Bård Eirik Hallesby Norheim and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2014-02-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is Jesus Christ? This fundamental question is the starting point of this book, which investigates the shape of Christian life and ministry in a post-Christendom context. Over the last decades there has been a shift in much of Western theology towards focusing on Christian practices in ministry and theological education. This may be seen as a way to deal with theological anxiety in an era of heightened personal autonomy. In Practicing Baptism Bard Norheim critically analyzes the engagement in Christian practices. As a response to this engagement Norheim develops a missional and diaconal theology for ministry, focusing on the presence of Christ in Christian practices. Fundamentally, this is an attempt to answer a pressing question for today: What do Christians do? Norheim draws on Martin Luther's theology and his notion of the three modes of Christ's presence, the present tense of baptism, and Luther's idea of the marks of the church. Based on this reading of Luther's theology, Norheim suggests that Christian life and ministry could be interpreted through the concept practicing baptism.

Author : David F. Wright
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 9780830878192
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptism written by David F. Wright and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2009-11-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Christian church confesses "one baptism." But the church's answers to how, whom and when to baptize, and even what it means or does, are famously varied. This book provides a forum for thoughtful proponents of three principal evangelical views to state their case, respond to the others, and then provide a summary response and statement. Sinclair Ferguson sets out the case for infant baptism, Bruce Ware presents the case for believers' baptism, and Anthony Lane argues for a mixed practice. As with any good conversation on a controversial topic, this book raises critical issues, challenges preconceptions and discloses the soft points in each view. Evangelicals who wish to understand better their own church's practice or that of their neighbor, or who perhaps are uncertain of their own views, will value this incisive book.

Author : Thomas F. Best
Publisher : Liturgical Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814662212
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptism Today written by Thomas F. Best and published by Liturgical Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our common belonging to Christ through baptism creates a bond that transcends the historic and theological differences among the churches; and the mutual recognition of baptism has emerged as a cornerstone of the modern ecumenical movement. Yet significant differences--some threatening the search for the unity of the Church--remain. This book explores the significance of baptism for the churches, and the ecumenical movement, today. Descriptive articles explain the understanding and practice of baptism within a wide range of Christian churches and confessions; these are complemented by baptismal liturgies from many churches, examples of mutual recognition agreements, and reflections on topics such as the role of baptism in increasingly secularized societies. The volume is enhanced by survey articles by prominent liturgists, reviewing the current opportunities--and challenges--facing the churches in the area of baptism. This book will be an important resource for all who wish to explore the understanding and practice of baptism, and its role in the life of the churches and of the ecumenical movement today.

Author : Ken Lenz
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 154342595X
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Water Baptism and Spirit Baptism written by Ken Lenz and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book that clearly and comprehensively covers the topics of both water baptism and Spirit baptism from a purely biblical perspective — rather than from a particular ecclesiastical, historical, or theological perspective. Rather than using isolated Scripture verses in an effort to shore up a position, this book quotes and explains all passages that have a bearing on these two topics, allowing a position to form that is based solely on God’s Word. Passages are considered within their broader literary context, and alternative interpretations are explored. This book is unique in offering the following: 1. It gives a clear and comprehensive presentation of both water baptism and the baptism in the Spirit. Other books deal with only one or the other topic, but rarely both — and in so doing, often confuse and confound these two kinds of baptisms. 2. It offers an explanation of every Scripture passage that refers to either water baptism or Spirit baptism. Other books use selected verses to support their position; this book however places the emphasis on the Scripture passages themselves. 3. It includes both the literary context of surrounding verses and the cultural / historical context in which the texts were written, so as to better understand the intended meaning of each passage as a whole — and to avoid forcing a bias into the text. 4. It also considers alternative viewpoints and interpretations of passages, so as to add to the comprehensive nature of this book. Appendix chapters and extensive endnotes are also included for readers who want to further explore a related matter or text. 5. It is organized and written on a level to be understood by lay people, yet includes scholarship that will stand up to critical analysis. Water baptism and the baptism in the Spirit are for all Christians. Whether you are a lay person, minister, or teacher, this book is for you! (For a clear and comprehensive understanding of another church ordinance, please see the author’s book entitled, Confession and Communion: As Taught in the Scriptures, available through Xlibris in print or as an e-book.)

Author : Bruce L. Taylor
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practicing the Promise written by Bruce L. Taylor and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2024-03-13 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scripture readings for Year C of the Common Lectionary (Revised) pair the Gospel of Luke, rich in its unique stories surrounding Jesus’ birth, Jesus’ care for the marginalized, and parables at once beloved and profound, with Old Testament and epistolary testimony to life-imparting faith in God’s promises. Bruce Taylor’s homiletical proclamation through the first half of Year C expounds the gospel’s summons to live today in hopeful reliance upon all that God has pledged to those who trust the Bible’s testimony to God’s faithfulness. Like his previous collections of sermons for the Sundays and feast days of the Christian year, the penultimate volume in this veteran preacher’s second journey through the lectionary is theologically rich, sacramentally oriented, and ecumenically sensitive, celebrating the church’s unity and community as witness to Christ’s living presence in the world. The sermons, including representative story sermons, speak as powerfully to clergy as to laity, to seminarians as to parishioners, evoking ardent commitment and lives characterized by gratitude, grace, hospitality, humility, and love. This book will be a welcome addition on the bookshelf or, better, on the desk and nightstand.

Author : Michael Green
Publisher : Monarch Books
ISBN 13 : 9780857218780
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptism written by Michael Green and published by Monarch Books. This book was released on 2017-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Michael Green attempts to steer a straight, biblical course through the troubled waters of baptism.

Author : Clark Braden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Debate on the Action of Baptism, the Design of Baptism, the Subjects of Baptism, the Work of the Holy Spirit, the Discipline of the M. E. Church, and Human Creeds written by Clark Braden and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Saint John Chrysostom
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Baptismal Instructions written by Saint John Chrysostom and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1963 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translation of 8 instructions on baptism given by St. John Chrysostom, probably at Antioch, about 390 A.D.

Author : John Brinsley
Publisher : Puritan Publications
ISBN 13 : 1626631034
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Doctrine and Practice of Infant Baptism written by John Brinsley and published by Puritan Publications. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this masterful work, Brinsley demonstrates both the doctrinal and exegetical nature of baptism, and the practical side of baptism. He says, "They to whom belongs the kingdom of God, who are subjects, and members of the kingdom of grace, and heirs of the kingdom of glory, they have right to this seal of the covenant, by which this their interest may be confirmed and sealed up to them." Where in this meticulous statement do we find the phrase "baptism" or "infant baptism" or for that matter, any hint of baptism of any kind? This exquisite statement is exactly the same idea that covenant theologians have, for centuries, biblically demonstrated and expounded upon in order to confirm to the people of Christ’s church the nature of the covenant of Christ, as well as polemically deter those who would bar young children from the sacrament of baptism. Yet, this doctrinal statement simply gives the reader all the ammunition needed to defend the Gospel of the covenant of Christ. It does this against those who would twist or change such a string of covenant pearls found in the bible which could never be unstrung. It is the biblical substance which ushers in a thorough Reformation that only full covenant theologians, who are the only thorough Reformers, could accomplish for a full exposition of the Bible. In reality, infant baptism ought to be the last five minutes of a five day conversation of the covenant of God. That is the substance of this work, and the manner in which Brinsley treats God’s covenant and infant inclusion in the Covenant of Grace. It would be spiritually beneficial for the church to consider such a statement in the full orbed account of God’s covenant from Genesis to Revelation. This work is not a scan or facsimile, has been carefully transcribed by hand being made easy to read in modern English, and has an active table of contents for electronic versions.