From the Reformation to the USA

History from the Reformation to today in the USA. With a warning against Down Grade and an exhortation to walk humbly.

The Gospel in Isaiah

 Having been edited and reviewed by four trusted brothers, my work on Isaiah is now available in paper and Kindle formats.

The Gospel in Isaiah

The Origin of the Baptists

 

The Dark Ages

 A message about God's care for His own and their testimonies of Him during the Dark Ages.

Worldview - What is the gospel?

Stuart is a Christian from Texas and has a very interesting journey on how he came to his faith. He is a Baptist and we talk about why he believes in Christianity and what the gospel he believes in is about.

Elmo's Podcast

The First 500 years

 

The Danger of Formalism

This lesson was titled "The Origin and Significance of Infant Baptism." I should have titled it "The Danger of Formalism."

Perhaps the biggest problem facing the professing saints throughout history is the tendency to drift into a religious formalism, replacing the Spirit-filled Christian life to a spiritually weakened or dead life filled with rote traditions, denying the inspired instructions for how we are to walk as children of the light. With the doctrine of baptism, it is easy and disastrous to emphasize water baptism to the degree it displaces spiritual baptism. And replacing biblical water baptism with sprinkling water on the face of infants removes the mystery of the gospel scene and substitutes a religious rite that warms the hearts of parents.