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Baptist Confession of 1689
Choosing & Using a Confession of Faith
If we grant the legitimacy and usefulness of a confession of faith, we’re faced with two practical questions: first, what particular confession of faith should a local church or collective…
Baptist Confession of 1689
Confessional Subscription: Its Terms and Types
We normally associate the term “subscription” with signing up to receive certain periodicals, journals, and/or magazines to which we’ve “subscribed.” In religious or ecclesiastical parlance, however, the terms “subscription” or…
Baptist Confession of 1689
The Validity & Value of Confessions
The tensions were high. In June of 1922, the Northern Baptist Convention convened under the theme, “Agreed to Differ, but Resolved to Love.” One might dispute whether the resolution was successfully…
Christian Living
Dr. Bob Gonzales on the Validity and Value of Confessions
To continue the theme begun by Jeff Johnson regarding the importance and necessity of confessions (here and here), I would like to bring to your attention some articles by Bob…
Christian Living
Countering Anti-confessionalism – Part 2
Part 1, which dealt with the nature of mysticism and its introduction into Christianity, was posted last week here. This post concludes the two part series. The Introduction of Existentialism…
Christian Living
Countering Anti-confessionalism – Part 1
Much of contemporary Christianity has forsaken its roots and has become overtly non-confessional. Churches are no longer Baptist, Presbyterian, or Methodist, but rather they have become non-denominational and even inter-denominational.…