EDITOR’S NOTE: 9Marks is not just a ministry for credobaptist churches. We exist to serve paedobaptist churches, too. Nonetheless, we recognize that most of our readers are probably credobaptists. So we though it might be helpful to demonstrate how to teach those churches about baptism.
What follows is how one pastor began to teach his church. Even if you don’t agree on every single point, as we ourselves may not, we think you’ll find much useful material here.
This is the third part in a three-part series. You can read Part 1 here and Part 2 here.
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A certain headline recently caught my attention: “Utah monolith: Helicopter crew discovers mysterious metal monolith deep in the desert.” What was this all about?
Sure enough, way out in the desert, a few scientists discovered a triangular structure of polished metal. Its clean edges rose out of the ground some ten feet. Clearly, it didn’t belong there, but where was it from? As if from another world entirely, that triangular structure proved that someone was up to something.
That’s kind of like what the church is in the world. It’s a picture of a similarly beautiful and otherworldly structure. Here’s how Luke
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