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"...if anyone makes the assistance of grace depend on the humility or obedience of man and does not agree that it is a gift of grace itself that we are obedient and humble, he contradicts the Apostle who says, "What have you that you did not receive?" (1 Cor. 4:7), and, "But by the grace of God I am what I am" (1 Cor. 15:10). (Council of Orange: Canon 6)

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Regeneration v. The Idolatry of Decisional "Evangelism" by Paul Washer

HT: Lanes' Blog

October 24, 2008  |  Comments (1)   |  TrackBacks (0)  |  Permalink

MP3 Library - This Week's Features

Here are 'This Week's Features' we have been working at the Monergism MP3 Library.

We have added the Celebrate Reformation Day to the main page of the MP3 Library. Reformation Day is celebrated on October 31st each year or the Sunday before or after. This day is a great holiday alternative to Halloween. Why not celebrate it by learning the history of this day with your small group, church, friends and family? It's important to cook some German sausage, German potato salad and German Chocolate cake for your guests. The Reformed churches here in Portland usually have a Reformation Day special service and focus on those biblical doctrines that were so important in the Reformation.

We have added sermons to the "Ask Pastor John" folders. One for John Piper and the other for John MacArthur. These folders are designed to be Q & A.

Desiring God Ministries National Conference had just finished up this weekend. Check out all the audio and video sermons from the conference.

We have added new sermons for Joseph Pipa Jr, Maurice Roberts, O. Palmer Robertson, Noel Piper and Carolyn McCulley.

These topics have new sermons: Homemaking, Hebrews: Consider Jesus Series, A Reformed-Charismatic Approach to ... and God Gave Pastors and Teachers Series.

September 30, 2008  |  Comments (0)   |  TrackBacks (0)  |  Permalink

Christian Baptism

I know that many of this blog's readers (and contributors!) don't share my conviction regarding paedobaptism (lit., "infant baptism"); I'm glad we can still get along so well! I used to be an ardent anti-paedobaptist (and I use this term because people on both sides are "credobaptists," thinking that believers ought to be baptized). But after much study and many conversations, the baptism of believers' children is something I've come to believe is biblical (there's no other good reason to believe in it).

As good Christians often disagree strongly on the matter, there is a potential threat to loving unity in the Church. One factor in this is that the Presbyterian (as differentiated from the Roman Catholic) perspective on infant baptism is often misunderstood and caricatured. In the pursuit of civility between brethren who differ on the matter, then, I thought I'd post the mp3 of this sermon that I preached on Acts 2.36-39 at Intown Presbyterian Church (Portland, OR) on August 24, 2008.

It's a sermon—not a systematics lecture intended to answer everyone's questions. But hopefully it will help anti-paedobaptists to understand how their paedobaptist brothers and sisters can desire to glorify God through the baptism of their children.

September 11, 2008  |  Comments (15)   |  TrackBacks (0)  |  Permalink