Baptism
Quotable Quotes – John MacArthur on Infant Baptism and an Argument From Silence
“Now it is also true that Scripture, they’ll bring this up, they’ll say this: yes it’s not in the Bible, but it’s also true that Scripture nowhere forbids infant baptism [Ed. For an example of this, see John Calvin, Institutes, 4.16.8]. Now if I can get into a debate and we’re going to debate that [...]
Quotable Quotes – Spurgeon on Infant Baptism
“[W]e believe infant sprinkling to be a human and carnal invention, an addition to the Word of God, and therefore wicked and injurious. When we reflect that it is rendered into some thing worse than superstition by being accompanied with falsehood, when children are taught that in their baptism they are made the children of [...]
Quotable Quotes – Schleiermacher on Infant Baptism in the New Testament
“All traces of infant baptism, which have been asserted to be found in the New Testament must first be inserted there.” Friedrich Schleiermacher, quoted in John MacArthur, A Scriptural Critique of Infant Baptism (link)
John MacArthur, The Water and Spirit of John 3
While studying the topic of baptism, one of the proof-texts used by paedobaptists (infant baptizers) that I came across was John 3:5.1 The verse reads, “Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.” (ESV) I have come across a [...]
Jonathan Sarfati, Is Baptism Necessary For Salvation?
Is baptism necessary for salvation? Apologist Dr. Jonathan Sarfati answers: “In common with Protestant orthodoxy down through the ages, we maintain that baptism is what saved people do, not what people do to be saved. “Paul tells us that we are saved by believing the Gospel (1 Cor. 15:1–4), but previously told his hearers, “Christ [...]
