Greeting Aslans. Welcome to the board. Despite several cries about me not being "reformed enough", and several recent opinionated appeals concerning my methodologies, I am reformed to the core. I uphold all fives Sola's, the Canons of Dordt, the 39 Articles and most of the WCF. However, realizing we all follow some tradition, I prefer mine to be old and catholic.
Total Depravity is what helped me to realize mans condition. When I realized that the rest simply fell into place. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/BigThumbUp.gif" alt="" />
Unfortunately, I am half in agrement with speratus. Christ established two sacraments and one has been picked to pieces and given infinite meanings, all but one incorrect. I crossed sacramentology off the list of doctrines necessary to be "REFORMED" enough.
Baptism has become so neglected among some Christian sects that it can no longer be considered a universal sign of an outward connection to the Christian religion. But what can be used in its place?
Answer; Nothing. We have been commanded to baptize, and so we must. This is the sign of the Covenant--
Just be glad your pastor doesn't come after you with a knife aiming for your 'lower' regions. <img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bash.gif" alt="" />
<img src="/forum/images/graemlins/bash.gif" alt="" /> My pastor probably would come after me with a knife if he knew I was hanging out with people who believe that baptism is merely a sign of the covenant. We believe that baptism is a blessed washing of regeneration in them that believe. I was referring strickly to its use as outward sign of a connection to the Christian religion.
