by pastor | Feb 9, 2019 | Baptism, Sacraments, Word Studies
One of the known risks of becoming reformed is that you sometimes have to re-examine some of your long held beliefs about what the Bible actually teaches. This is certainly the case when it comes to the mode of baptism. Most Americans equate baptism with immersion, so...
by pastor | Feb 9, 2018 | Communion, Parenting, Youth
One of the responsibilities of sessions is determining whether a non-communing child is now ready to receive the Lord’s Supper. Over the years, it has become the custom in many Reformed churches, even Old School Presbyterian ones, to assume that member children will...
by pastor | Jul 18, 2017 | Baptism
Good and godly men disagree over this question: To whom is the sacrament of baptism properly administered? Those who hold to the credo-baptist position (i.e., only repentant adults may be baptized) defend their position in a relatively simple manner by pointing to...
by pastor | Oct 20, 2016 | Communion
While all true churches administer the sacrament of communion, there is also much diversity when it comes to the elements. We want you to know what to expect in our church and why. Unleavened Bread? We readily grant the fact that the Lord’s Supper was instituted...
by pastor | Sep 24, 2015 | Baptism
As Christians we all ought to be concerned to do all those things which God has commanded us and to avoid those things God has forbidden. This should be true in every endeavor of life (1 Cor. 10:31; Matt. 4:4), thus it should obviously be true in our formal worship of...
by pastor | Sep 22, 2015 | Baptism
James White (Pastor of a Reformed Baptist church in Phoenix, AZ and the director of Alpha Omega Ministries) debates Bill Shishko (Pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, NY) on the subject of Household Baptism. Baptism: Debate Session 1 Baptism:...